TF 20 was supported by a battalion from the 82nd Airborne Division as well as artillery and armor assets. It remains OPCON to SOJTF-A.
31 December.

Special Operations Task Force-Afghanistan (SOTF-A) assumes command of all U.S. SOF assigned to advise-assist missions in the country.
A U.S. Marine with Task Force Southwest looks at a 120mm mortar illumination round fired on Bost Airfield, Afghanistan, April 24, 2018. (Cpl. Gen. Roger Turner, the former commanding general of Task Force Southwest, is shown here in Afghanistan with his Marines on April 29, 2017. Aviation support was provided by AH-6, MH-6, MH-60K, MH-60L DAP and MH-47 Chinooks flown by the 160th SOAR. Phase V of Afghanistan Campaign (and Operation ENDURING FREEDOM) ends. Despite the longevity of the Afghan war, Task Force ODIN has been extremely active and successful over the past year, according to Lt. Col. Jarred M. …

The Area Support Group-Afghanistan, also headquartered at BAF, has approval authority for all Task Force POWER requests throughout the Combined Joint …

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The Nato coalition in Afghanistan has been using an undisclosed "black" unit of special forces, Task Force 373, to hunt down targets for death or detention without trial. Marine Brig. United States ends all direct combat operations in Afghanistan.