Lynzy Billing on Afghanistan's Zero Unit Night Raids
The Lawfare Podcast
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The Relationship Between CIA and Afghan Special Forces
The zero units were often special forces soldiers but they were initially established and set up by the CIA. Ramthola Nabil described to you maybe a quid pro quo or what I think in his estimation a mutually beneficial relationship between the CIA and the zero units. The Afghan intelligence agency or the NDS comes in because there was a point at around 2012 when the ownership or there was a transition where it was passed from the CIA that they would then fall under the NDS umbrella.
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