Afghan special forces arrive in Kunduz in northern Afghanistan, September 29, 2015. Thomson Reuters
Business Insider: After taking in Afghan commandos, the British military may try to build another elite special-operations force
* Members of the Afghan army's special-operations forces are among the many Afghans who fled the Taliban takeover.
* Those forces are highly trained and well regarded, and the UK is considering incorporating some into the British military.
* The British army has a history of taking in foreign fighters, some of whom have earned their own fearsome reputations.
In the final days of the hectic withdrawal from Kabul, US and Coalition forces evacuated tens of thousands of their citizens and Afghans who had worked with them.
Among those evacuated were Afghan special operators who fiercely fought the Taliban and faced brutal deaths if captured. The UK, which has taken in several hundred Afghans, is considering setting up a special-operations unit of former Afghan commandos in the British Army.
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WNU Editor: In the meantime Afghan officers still stuck in Afghanistan are facing a bleak future .... Afghan officers who spied for Britain have been 'abandoned' and left at the mercy of the Taliban despite being promised safe passage to the UK (Daily Mail).
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