In 2002, Germany had 2,560 personnel in the region. The German Navy has had three Frigates, one Fast Patrol Boat Group (five units) and four supply ships operating out of
Djibouti, in the
Gulf of Aden. A German
Airbus A310 aircraft was on alert in Germany for use as a medevac platform. German forces have since supported the ISAF mission. Although nominally under OEF command, the
KSK worked under ISAF command since 2005, carrying out numerous operations in the vicinity of the German deployment in Kabul, including a successful raid on an al-Qaeda safehouse for suicide bombers in October 2006.
GSG9 was also deployed to the Kabul area, providing specialist close protection to German officials and facilities. KSK operators commented in the German media about the restrictions placed on them by their national caveats and stated a preference for working directly for the Americans as part of OEF-A as they had done as part of
Task Force K-Bar. ==Greece==