Forsvarets Spesialkommando
Afghanistan
### Afghanistan

[FSK soldiers during [Operation Anaconda](/wiki/Operation_Anaconda "Operation Anaconda")\|thumb\|right](/wiki/File:Spesialjegere.jpg "Spesialjegere.jpg")
[thumb\|FSK during training in the Oslofjord, entering a ferry by telescopic ladder](/wiki/File:FSK_training%2C_alongside_the_ferry%2C_about_to_start_raising_the_telescopic_arm.jpg "FSK training, alongside the ferry, about to start raising the telescopic arm.jpg")
[thumb\|FSK during training in the Oslofjord, entering a ferry by telescopic ladder](/wiki/File:FSK_training%2C_alongside_the_ferry.jpg "FSK training, alongside the ferry.jpg")
[thumb\|FSK during training in the Oslofjord](/wiki/File:FSK_training%2C_steering_away_from_the_ferry.jpg "FSK training, steering away from the ferry.jpg")

FSK supported Coalition Special Operations Forces in [Operation Enduring Freedom](/wiki/Operation_Enduring_Freedom "Operation Enduring Freedom") in [Afghanistan](/wiki/Afghanistan "Afghanistan") as part of [Task Force K\-Bar](/wiki/Task_Force_K-Bar "Task Force K-Bar"). They have carried out missions in the [Helmand](/wiki/Helmand "Helmand") and [Uruzgan](/wiki/Uruzgan "Uruzgan") provinces of South [Afghanistan](/wiki/Afghanistan "Afghanistan").

In August 2007, FSK members carried out the successful hostage rescue of [Christina Meier](/wiki/Christina_Meier_%28hostage%29 "Christina Meier (hostage)"), a pregnant German [NGO](/wiki/Non-governmental_organization "Non-governmental organization") worker in Kabul, no shots were fired and the hostage takers were believed to be a criminal gang and not insurgents.Neville, Leigh,  *Special Forces in the War on Terror (General Military)*, Osprey Publishing, 2015 , p.144

FSK was responsible in training the [Afghan National Police](/wiki/Afghan_National_Police "Afghan National Police") Crisis Response Unit (CRU 222\) in [Kabul](/wiki/Kabul%2C_Afghanistan "Kabul, Afghanistan"), under the command of the [International Security Assistance Force](/wiki/International_Security_Assistance_Force "International Security Assistance Force")[http://www.vg.no/nyheter/utenriks/artikkel.php?artid\=10069650](http://www.vg.no/nyheter/utenriks/artikkel.php?artid=10069650) VG: "Norwegian SOF return to Afghanistan" (known as the Kabul Crisis Response unit\-an Afghan counterterrorist SWAT team). During the [April 2012 Afghanistan attacks](/wiki/April_2012_Afghanistan_attacks "April 2012 Afghanistan attacks"), FSK were involved in combating Taliban insurgents in Kabul, having only recently relieved a [New Zealand SAS](/wiki/New_Zealand_Special_Air_Service "New Zealand Special Air Service") element that had been mentoring the Kabul Crisis Response unit.

FSK and the Naval Special Operations Commando alternated on the training of CRU from 2016 until June 2021, when the mission was terminated after the [Fall of Kabul](/wiki/Fall_of_Kabul_%282021%29 "Fall of Kabul (2021)").


What is the relationship between FSK, the Norwegian government, and the International Security Assistance Force?