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21 years ago this morning in 2001, a nighttime infiltration into Afghanistan was conducted by a U.S. Army Special Forces Detachment (ODA… | Instagram
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Callsign Batya on X: "Three U.S. Army Green Berets in short shorts stand next to an Afghan interpreter (far left) and a member of the Northern Alliance (far right) during the opening
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