Afghanistan Magic Carpet Ride July 23, 2012 Share Read Later Army photo / Sgt. Michael J. MacLeodCol. Mosafer, commander of the Afghan National Army's 6th Kandak, 3rd Brigade, 203rd Corps, leads a meeting of Afghan and U.S. security officials about future operations on July 16, at the Qara Bagh District Center, Ghazni Province. Mosafer's unit is partnered with the U.S. Army's 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, from Fort Bragg, N.C.