الله اکبر الله زموږ سره دی الله ډیر لوی ذات دی او په هرڅه باندی قادر دی

The fact that Lt. Nicolson speaks the language is invaluable. That was one of the greatest barriers that affected relations between the locals and the troops. Translators often would not or could not provide correct or complete translations. The language barrier alone caused frustration and continuous mistrust between troops and local Afghans. You can clearly see the advantage of improved relations with the local population that Nicolson had, simply because he had the ability to speak with them directly. Unfortunately there never was a quick solution to the communication issue.

41 countries got together and fought against Afghans but finally, afghans with empty hands they won the war and 41 NATO countries lost. What a shame.

Served in Belize (formerly British Honduras) with US Peace Corps. 2 divisions of British military were serving there. Really tough, professional fellows. I quite liked them as long as I wasn't around them when they were drinking. One other thing, the thickest, most wonderful accents of which this Yank could only understand half of what was being said. Especially the Scottish soldiers. Cheers, lads!

Afghanistan the grave yard of Empires. Sentence in history books

It’s wild to think about talking to/questioning all these civilians not knowing if they are taliban or not. I can’t even imagine

Common and true quote…”Afghanistan, where empires go to die”. That’s a fact. It can’t and will never be defeated. Never in thousands of years has anyone come close.

Before coming to Afghanistan you should read the history about pashtun nation., pashtun nation never gives up💪🏼

Whether you're male or female. If you "hit the deck and hide and let the boys deal with it". Your unit will have a difficult time accepting you.

"I'm not feeling threatened as yet um, Final last words.." I don't know why but i laughed at it.

May ALLAH protect all humanity 😊

Am from Kenya fighting alshabaab but the condition is very rough too hot very dusty no clean water but above all we survive by grace of God

Imagine if you told the soldiers that eight years later that the Taliban would take over Afghanistan .... pray for Afghanistan

Revisiting this video today, you can see easily how everything went wrong in Afghanistan but somehow wasn’t obvious to the military or even the filmmakers at the time.

Fascinating, and happy to see others do help when needed, any where on earth, am from afghanistan and went through lot of stuff such as seen taliban fighting against attack helos and much more this videos makes me feel safe nd secure with people like these marines thanks

Troop sergeant, Taff hunter good work.this guy is very dedicated to his work ,,God bless you 💖🔥

"we didn't piss in the wind for no reason" it kills me to know that now he knows they did

I'm a US Army 11B Desert Storm veteran and I can assure you from looking back on the occupation of both Iraq and Afghanistan that the US military along with allied forces create more insurgencies and problems around the world than we help solve

I hope Sikandar Khan is alive. the relationship he had developed with the locals is mesmerizing. Professionalism should be taught as the foremost rule while serving in army. Often such a behavior cannot be expected in the war situations, as many lost their mind, treating every local inhumanely. Hats off to that guy!

The lady said she runs and hides when the bullets start flying. Great way to gain the respect of the men.

الله اکبر ☝️🤲

If only we had 100k more Verns who took the time to learn the language, things could have been done alot safer and easier. Something positive could have happened, effective communication solves alot of problems and saves alot of lives in the process.

After such a huge military operation, show the world now the present day Afghanistan. The world would be glad of your efforts.

Fun fact my Dad was deployed into Fallujah in the Iraq War in 2004 and he was also deployed in Afghanistan in 2009 and he was a Marine and I'm going to join the Marines and I'm 12 years old I'm going to enlist

A true woman… “hit the deck and hide” thanks for being truthful.

One of the core principles of counterinsurgency besides from killing the enemy is to deny the enemy: the ground, the people, and the freedom of movement. The way the war in Afghanistan has been conducted is deficient in denying the enemy the ground; when the ISAF should in fact have the advantage. The Taliban have extensively used IEDs to deny the area, which the ISAF then has to sweep and clear. The missing piece of the puzzle here is to truly own the ground, and that is not by patrolling circuitous routes by day in sweltering heat and returning to a predictable firebase, but by using the ISAF's greatest advantages - night vision and thermals - to conduct night time operations to interdict minelayers before they can perform their deadly works. It puzzles me as an observer that the coalition would deny themselves their greatest strengths, to play into the hands of their enemy. In the aftermath of the Gulf wars and then the chaos of the Balkans, 24 hour operations proved to be one of NATO's greatest advantages, and it is being squandered here. You don't end an insurgency by fighting harder - the US forces did just that, and merely radicalised the population and bred an influx of jihadis when their overwhelming firepower resulted in civilian casualties. You fight smarter instead. Are mine-resistant vehicles and inkspot firebases supplied by helicopter a real, long term solution? Or just a reactive ploy? Are daytime patrols into treelines mined up to the gills with ammonal going to bait the enemy into a losing firefight, or be an invitation to an amputation? I feel that the soldiers on the ground truly are doing a sterling job at what they're being ordered to do; and that's a problem, because the problems with the conduct of the war lie with the leadership. From what I have gathered, the colonels and generals seem, as always, to be fighting the last war. Trained from their war college days for high intensity operations, against Soviets crossing the Fulda gap in a stampede of steel, their deficiencies are showing, and it is costing the coalition time, and lives. Now that the ISAF is drawing down and it increasingly falls to a questionable ANA/ANP, we may yet leave Afghanistan little better than it was under the Taliban: bombed up and depleted, poverty stricken and radicalised; global insecurity funded by a resurgent black market opium trade. Meanwhile our soldiers come home short a few limbs or in body bags, as the generals sit at their desks pondering how many thousand pound bombs they'll drop today; while looking forward to cashing out into a 6 figure job in the military industrial complex. For them, the war is over. For the Afghans, their struggle continues, and the world is no safer.

I love that she takes care of the boys gets them supplies and water and they take care of her when its time to fight like true men do. Good guys always fight to protect women and children even if she did volunteer to be there its nice to hear the men take charge and protect her from the bad guys as best they can. That's what i would want if i was fighting with them! 9:00

Hey, thanks guys (from the USA).

Looks like this was all pointless in the end.

Psalm 127:1 "If the Lord is not helping the builders, then the building of a house is to no purpose: if the Lord does not keep the town, the watchman keeps his watch for nothing" ... this is true!

افغانستان دامپراتوريو هديره ده هيڅ څوک دي دافغانستان اشغال ته زړه نه ښه کوي کنه دامريکا او روسيي څخه دي پوښتنه وکړي

My mother is an English or British woman and my father is a Scottish man !

damn Sakandar Khan is one hell of a name hahaha ... so fucking cool ... what a real badass ...

Check out THE HORNETS NEST. One of the best Afghanistan war documentaries I've ever seen, and I've seen a bunch of em.

Жить за других не получится только Бог каждому отмеряет всё что нужно. Важно то что ты готов дать его творениям и на какие подвиги готов.

I was 82nd airborne and worked beside these guys great fighters I just couldn’t understand half of them n I’m sure they said the same about me with my Boston accent all good just breaking balls . They great warriors n deserve respect

Watching all the royal marine documentary Sir Taff Hunter is my favorite... His like my military uncle No one of his troops try to asking until he said question. And doing with us too hahah... Living in their house during my college Really teaching us strictly discipline.

Long life Afghanistan

Please come back to Afghanistan my dears loves yours❤

When my father was working as an Engineer for NTPC ! Asia's largest Electricity Power Corporation ! All his friends were Britishers or Russians! but after he left that task or job ; he started to speak Urdu or Hindi because it is not easy to survive in India or Bharat or Hindustan if you do not know either of the two!

my father did 3 tours with the 29 commandos people don't appreciate what these men gave up

Well Kersty, maybe if you wouldn't hide and let the boys deal with the threads on their own you would have an easier time gaining their respect.

It is a shame how we tried so hard and sacrificed our people...... I lost a very good buddy of mine to the taliban. Unfortunately, we now know, it was all for nothing.

❤HEARTFELT HONOR AMERICA AND MARINE TODAS SHALOM

God bless America soldier.

I have been around a few British Marines. They are a tough breed

Ty British for clear English documentation I live at the home of the army medic

Along with defeating the enemy, one of the fundamental tenets of counterinsurgency is denying the enemy access to the territory, the populace, and the freedom of movement. When the ISAF should actually have the upper hand, the way the war in Afghanistan has been fought falls short in denying the enemy the advantage of the terrain.

Results 0+0=0 At last ran away from Afghanistan in the night's dark

Well I learn so etching new everyday; these videos are uploaded in the servers in Camp Bastion, Afghanistan so people over there can watch this. It's up to the Afghan government whether the video can become international or not. Still though, it is pretty stupid. Oh well, I guess all our service members will be able to see what the infantry go through. They have it real tough.

I give her props for understanding and making it public that her as a women full well knows she has to try to be like one of the guys to see acceptance, cause really with this FETs that's all it is stopping it from being a full fled thing is #1 women in the field and potential period cycle, true facts the Army even noted it. As well as #2 can you be one of the boys?

Excellent. Thank you. Good work Marines.

see that Khan guy, thats what they need to be doing! becoming fluent and integrating with the locals...otherwise how can you win their hearts and minds if you cant even speak to them?....the difference in reception for him compared to the other marines is massive, and you can tell his heads in the right place, where as some of the other marines seem to have too much of a "just here to shoot things" approach

A good point is made here. While Taliban (or whatever terrorist de jour) might use the pretense of this or that Islamic ambiguity it's really about who gets to shake down the locals....the locals know that as soon as the Marines leave they'll be dealing with Taliban again..

In this US Afghanistan fight I lost my house and after more than 12 years, I am not able to reconstruct even a two room house, while i lost 26 rooms, tube well and a shop

semangt mariner sya mndukung anda smoga sukseess selalu dan jaga kebaikan anda love you

26:02 the voice of the common man - so easily forgotten

Taliban were titled as HOLY WARRIORS by the US while they were fighting USSR. They suddenly became Terrorists/insurgents later on.

Can you please identify the song in the closing credits?

The soldiers fighting in Afghanistan and donald dummy drum laughing in corner😁

Efforts of this courage army was waist now shame on you baiden. And this is the right time to distroy the terrors because they were in your hand, now you don't need to wander like this for thalibanies if any one with guns just show who you are.

Humbled watching you guys. You are the best.

I am a native English speaker ! I could speak English despite the fact that I was born in Egypt and resided in India or Bharat or Hindustan!

Love from Bangladesh

looking back, if we had a high high surge of troops and did "clear and hold", we've would have been out by 2010, now the hell they will endure will go unmatched in their history ...

lol lol the girl at 7:00 - 10:00 "I want to gain the boy's respect... oh a gunfight? Yeah, I've been in some and they're absolutely awful so I just duck and hide and let the boys take care of it. And when I lose someone close I don't put on a brave face, I'm an emotional wreck." You'll never earn their respect doing those. The reason you MUST put on a brave face is because FEAR is CONTAGIOUS and if you're losing your shit everytime someone's hurt and you duck and hide during gunfights instead of returning fire YOU SHOULDN'T BE THERE.

thank you for all the sacrifices !!GOD BLESS YOU!

These guys are doing a great job. Thank you for your service

"War is a Racket" - Major General Smedley Butler, USMC.

Inspired by you guys from South Africa

추운날씨에 고생이 많습니다

Scissor technic is the best flanks and middle goes up when they want or feel good. Like hunting deer leaving at 3am 4am how tired do they get???

Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it. I pray to become a soldier some day 🙏

Es war so ekelhaft diese Reportage anzusehen. Das schlimmste war die Tatsache, dass für diese Mörder, die in ein fremdes Land eindringen wo keiner sie dort haben möchte, ein afghanisches Menschenleben nichts wert ist. Außerdem haben mir die jungen Männer leid getan die von denen einfach verschleppt wurden und mit dem Tod bedroht wurden. Ich hoffe, dass das gleiche mit deren Kindern und Familien passieren wird.

С Богом бойцы христиане и всегда помните вы образ Божий и за вами храм и с нами Бог.

Love you Skendar Bro❤

The interpreter is not understood how to translate he missing the mean words, and asking something else totally different from what the patrol commander is asking.

The Royal Marines are truly top notch, professional soldiers…….I had the privilege of serving alongside them for a month in Afghanistan👍 🇬🇧🇨🇦

I realized something about the armies of the UK that they might have a hard time with. I mean you've got people from every city, every town with a different accent. I wonder how hard it is to understand eachother "Comondor, Wev gut uh fooken betallien ov solgairz mooven doarn fwom duh valleh" "Rogah dat Saujent. Senden reeinfausments too yeh"

We want tax em a penny. They ain't sale tea😂

I'm sorry lads, your blood, sweat, tears and death was for nothing, nothing but the military industrial complex stuffing their pockets.

زنده باد قهرمانان امارت اسلامی افغانستان

لم يكن لامريكا اي قوه دون تحالفات عديده فهي لاتملك جنود يتمتعون بروح قتاليه

Праведники спасуться живи не бойся мы видели закаты и крушения империй и только жестокость к падшим ангелам в бою и милосердие к праведникам хранит тебя боец и мир сей святой и праведный и детей Божиих.

Couldn´t they hid some Marines outside during the night? With infrarot maybe they can avoid more replaced IED´s. The Taliban can feel very safe at night I guess, while the Marines walking out at 50C°.

I’ve watched a lot of documentaries about the war in Afghanistan. In every single one the ANA/Afghan Police come across as lazy and ignorant . Their attitudes more like teenage boys then trained men . I admire the patience of the Royal Marines forced to babysit .

To Kill and Capture the Enemy, to seize and hold ground, to repel attack by day or night, regardless of season weather or terrain.

American forces are being defeated in Afghanistan and left without any significant gains.

I feel bad for these young soldiers who thought they were fighting for their countries but infact they were loosing their lives just in a money making game for the rich companies and contractors. They must be devastated after watching Taliban took control and their sacrifice was for nothing

I need an opportunity to be part of the ROYAL MARINES

Almighty God made us successful and you failed الله اکبر ولله الحمد. حسبنا اللّٰه ونعم الوکيل ☝️

فقط انجای که خانم متوجه نشد که این بغلش گرفت هم یک دختر عالی و سرباز است فکر کرد مرد اس گفت بغیرت استی که منو بغل کردی 😅 افرین به محبت شان❤❤❤

Dng berdoa dan berzikir menunggu pertolongan ALLAH swt akhirnya terwujud jadi Negara Afganistan dibawah TALIBAN bukan di bawah negara yg pernah coba adu nyali di Afganistan WAR..

Ha ha ha good job royal marines August 2021

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What they are hiding is the fight wasnt against taliban it was against islam and islam has its own power

Taliban has probably been watching these videos and looking for anyone that cooperated smh

Fly them all out, don't care about papers. Life is more important than papers. We have to help them.

Took 10 years for this to show up on my feed

The female trooper don't need to be ducking in a fire fight and letting the boys to handle it. She doesn't need to be in combat zone.