Soldiers marks KDF day today, October 14, 2016. The Kenyan Elite Forces have registered successful operation since entry into Somalia five years ago.
Among the two notable and intriguing KDF operations that led to capturing dozens of towns in southern Somalia are,
- Victory battle at the sea port of Kismayo in September 2013
- The Battle and capture Badhadhe town.
KDF battle to capture Kismayo was codenamed ‘Operation Sledge Hammer’ and was conducted in the three battle groups comprising of KDF Special Forces through a seaborne landing military operation.
The organized battle saw the forces capture the port without much resistance as the Al-Shabaab militants had run away leaving only pockets which were overrun by the Kenyan troops.
KDF also captured the small town of Badhadhe in Gedo region of southern Somalia was under the control of Al Qaeda affiliated Islamists’ Al-Shabaab for years.
Gedo region has been a strategic area used as attacks launching pad by the militants.
Badhadhe was captured by troops drawn from KDF’s Special Operations Regiment (SOR), which includes troops from a variety of Kenya’s best units.
Special Operations Regiment (SOR), comprises of a highly trained and capable solders, well equipped, experts in weapons, intelligence gathering and battlefield medicine.
KDF also records success in the battle on Bula Hawo district. On May 29, 2015, elite forces conducted a two-pronged assault on Bula Hawo district.
As the Elite forces celebrate KDF Day, Kenyans also take part in joining them celebrate the fallen heroes in the battlefront of El Adde Somalia on January 15, 2016.
