The Triples - so-called because their designations were CF 333 and ATF 444 - were set up, trained, and paid by UK Special Forces and supported the SAS and SBS on operations in Afghanistan.

With the time clock on the SIV program temporarily reset, a handful of former and current U.S. Army Special Forces personnel are on a mad dash to get the Afghans who served beside them to safety ...

and other military supplies were ferried into Afghanistan and given to anti-Taliban forces. As the war progressed, the U.S. advance teams were joined by Army Special Forces and Special Forces ...