In the morning of Thursday, October 4 there was a firefight between the Hungarian–US special operations unit and the Taliban insurgents. No NATO troops were injured in the firefight, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) informed the Hungarian News Agency MTI.

According to the press release, the soldiers of the Hungarian Special Operations Group (SOG) – who operate in close cooperation with the US 1st Special Forces Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) – were also engaged in the firefight.

The press release reminds that in 2011, Maj.-Gen. Michael Repass, the commander of the United States Special Operations Command Europe (USSOCEUR) decorated the soldiers of the Hungarian Special Operations Group for their bravery which saved several US soldiers’ lives in the firefight that took place last September.

(Prime Minister’s Office)