Special Service Group

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The Special Service Group (SSG; Urdu: خصوصی خدمات گروہ) is the Special Operations Command of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The SSG is also colloquially used to refer to the various special forces of the Pakistan Army. They are also known by their nickname of "Maroon Berets" due to the colour of their headgear. The SSG is responsible to deploy and execute five doctrinal missions: foreign internal defence, reconnaissance, direct action, counter-terrorism operations, and unconventional warfare. Other operational roles and responsibilities attributed to the SSG include: search and rescue, counter-proliferation, search and destroy, hostage rescue, information operations, peacekeeping missions, psychological operations, security assistance, and HVT manhunts. The chain of command and control of the SSG falls within the domain of the Pakistan Army's Strategic Forces Command (ASFC), and many of its personnel are directly recruited into the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)'s counter-terrorism division...

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