How Garud Commando Squadron Leader Sandeep Jhanjaria Played Key Role In 2017 Pulwama Terrorist Encounter
The soldiers of the Garud Special Forces played an important role in an operation led by the Indian Army in Pulwama on Saturday, in which four terrorists were killed. During the Pulwama encounter, the Special Forces officer was shot twice, but despite this, he continued to open fire on the terrorists. News agency ANI gave this information quoting its sources in the security establishment. The Garud commandos came into limelight for a major operation four years ago when they killed eight terrorists in two major operations in 2017. Sources said that for the Pulwama operation, 55 Rashtriya Rifles of the
What Is AFSOD – Armed Forces Special Operations Division
What Is AFSOD : The Armed Forces Special Operations Division (AFSOD) is a tri-administration order of the Indian Armed Forces. The division is entrusted to do exceptional tasks or special operations. The AFSOD draws staff from each of the three exceptional warfare wings of the Armed Forces. Indian Army Major General A. K. Dhingra, who is a war veteran from the Para SF, was designated in May 2019 as the incharge of AFSOD. The division is relied upon to be changed over into a full estimated tri-administration order in future. The division closed its first exercise, code named ‘Smelling Field’,