. >> major hoshel sadat carries with him enormous responsibility every day. he is the commander of the special forces known as the crisis response units. >> i don't see myself being a guy who goes to work at 8:00 and comes back at 4:00. i'm sort of motivated by this team of people that they just want to fight not only for the country but also for each other. >> reporter: al jazeera got exclusive access with the special forces and were invited to witness that fight. [ shooting ] >> the knowledge special forces stormed this house in parwan province. within seconds they arrest a man, looking for a bomb maker. just tell me what's going on he pleads. they find a bag of fertilizer used here for both farming and making explosives. children. there are few men around so they go to a mosque nearby. several men are found sleeping there. the afghans move cautiously, making him lift his shirt to check for a suicide vest. his phone has the sim card removed. a tactic often used by the taliban to avoid being tracked. this raid is in an urban area so the soldiers drove to the