Special Service Group (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Special Service Group" in English language version.

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aljazeera.com (Global: 268^th place; English: 215^th place)

Hussain, Abid (14 March 2025). "Pakistan links train hijacking to 'Afghan handlers' and Indian mastermind". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 14 March 2025. Retrieved 14 March 2025.

army.mil (Global: 249^th place; English: 169^th place)

fmso.leavenworth.army.mil

Lester W. Grau & Ali Ahmed Jalali, Forbidden Cross-Border Vendetta: Spetsnaz Strike into Pakistan during the Soviet-Afghan War Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Journal of Slavic Military Studies, December 2005, p.1-2 Referenced copy was obtained via the Foreign Military Studies Office website

books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; English: 3^rd place)

Ryan, Mike; Mann, Chris; Stilwell, Alexander (2014). "(§Special Forces: Pakistan)". The Encyclopedia of the World's Special Forces: Tactics, History, Strategy, Weapons (google books). Amber Books Ltd. ISBN 9781907446894. Archived from the original on 14 February 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
Bennett, Richard M. (2011). "(§Special Forces:Pakistan)" (google books). In Berry, Davis (ed.). Elite Forces: The World's Most Formidable Secret Armies (3rd. ed.). New York, United States: Penguin Random House. ISBN 9780753547649.
Mitha, PA, Aboobaker Osman (2003). Unlikely Beginnings: A Soldier's Life (snippet view) (1st ed.). Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan: Oxford University Press. p. 443. ISBN 9780195794137. Archived from the original on 14 February 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
Sirrs, Owen L. (2016). "(§Indo-Pakistani war of 1965)" (google books). Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate Covert Action and Internal Operations (1st ed.). New York, U.S.: Taylor & Francis. p. 328. ISBN 9781317196099. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
Rammohan, E. M. (2011). "(§The Kashmir Insurgency)" (google books). Countering Insurgencies in India. New Delhi, India: Vij Books India Private Limited. p. 226. ISBN 9789381411667. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
Conboy, Kenneth (2012). Hannon, Paul (ed.). Elite Forces of India and Pakistan (1st ed.). Bloomberg, Ind. U.S.: Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 64. ISBN 9781780967677. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
Dhar, Maloy Krishna (2004). "(§Chapter 6)" (google books). Mission: Pakistan. iUniverse. p. 658. ISBN 9780595304820. Archived from the original on 14 February 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
Ṣiddīqī, ʻAbdurraḥmān (2004). East Pakistan the End Game: An Onlooker's Journal 1969-1971. Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan: Oxford University Press. p. 260. ISBN 9780195799934. Archived from the original on 14 February 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
Kundi, Mansoor Akbar (2002). Balochistan: hope and despair. New Quetta Book Stall. p. 144. Archived from the original on 14 February 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
Campbell, David (2017). "Battlefield Environment" (google books). Soviet Paratrooper vs Mujahideen Fighter: Afghanistan 1979–89 (1st ed.). New York, US: Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 80. ISBN 9781472817655. Archived from the original on 14 February 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
Peter R. Lavoy, Peter R. (2009). Asymmetric Warfare in South Asia. London, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781139482820. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
Ali, Syed Ishfaq (1991). Fangs of Ice: The Story of Siachen (snippet view). Pak American Commercial. p. 161. ISBN 9789698152000. Archived from the original on 14 February 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
Singh, Harjeet (2010). South Asia Defence and Strategic Year Book, 2010. New Delhi, India: Pentagon Security International. p. 376. ISBN 9788182744448. Retrieved 30 January 2019 – via Google Books.
Raina, Dina Nath (1994). Kashmir - Distortions and Reality. Reliance Publishing House. p. 307. ISBN 9788185972527. Archived from the original on 14 February 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
Oberoi, Vijay (2006). Special Forces: Doctrine, Structures, and Employment Across Spectrum of Conflict in the Indian Context. Knowledge World. p. 458. ISBN 9788187966395. Archived from the original on 14 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
Katoch, P. C.; Datta, Saikat (2013). "(Pakistan Army Special Forces)". India's Special Forces History and Future of Special Forces (google books) (1st ed.). New Delhi, India: Vij Books India Private Limited. ISBN 9789382573524. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
Arif, Khalid Mahmud (2001). Khaki Shadows: Pakistan 1947-1997 (snippet view). Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan: Oxford University Press. p. 452. ISBN 9780195793963. Archived from the original on 14 February 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2019.

businessinsider.com (Global: 140^th place; English: 115^th place)

Tomas Hirst. "The 9 most elite special forces in the world". Business Insider Australia. Archived from the original on 21 February 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016.

china.org.cn (Global: 1,653^rd place; English: 1,397^th place)

"Joint Anti-terror Military Exercise Concludes". Xinhua News Agency. Archived from the original on 18 March 2007. Retrieved 21 July 2007.

cnn.com (Global: 28^th place; English: 26^th place)

edition.cnn.com

Naji, Kasra (24 May 1998). "Pakistani commandos capture hijackers". CNN. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.

dailyo.in (Global: 6,758^th place; English: 3,935^th place)

"An amazing chapter in 1965 war that both India and Pakistan agree on". www.dailyo.in. Archived from the original on 5 February 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.

dawn.com (Global: 354^th place; English: 207^th place)

Pervaiz, Athar (8 February 2016). "Killer Siachen — 'where a Pakistani soldier dies every four days from the cold'". Dawn. Siachen in Pakistan. Archived from the original on 31 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
Dawn.com, webdesk (7 April 2014). "Army to preserve its own dignity and institutional pride: COAS". DAWN.COM. Tarbela, Kpk in Pakistan: Dawn Newspaper. Dawn Newspaper. Archived from the original on 23 January 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
Sharif, Arshad (28 April 2005). "Nothing unusual about Cherat exercises: ISPR". DAWN.COM. Cherat, Pakistan: Dawn Newspaper. Dawn Newspaper. Archived from the original on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
Shah, Syed Ali Shah (26 October 2016). "'He threw himself onto the suicide bomber': Quetta police recruit recalls brave captain's last moments". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
"Pakistan's top 10 patriotic TV dramas". Dawn News. 21 March 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2025. Aahan was written by the famous contemporary poet, Wasi Shah, who also acted in the drama.

deccanherald.com (Global: 516^th place; English: 291^st place)

"Second beheading in two years by Pakistan". 10 January 2013. Archived from the original on 14 January 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2013.

defencejournal.com (Global: low place; English: 7,788^th place)

Amin, A. H. (1 February 2002). "Remembering Our Warriors: Remember Brig. S.Y. Minto". www.defencejournal.com. defencejournal. Archived from the original on 3 May 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
Amin, A.H. (February 2002). "Remembering Our Warriors: Brig. Shamim Yasin Manto". www.defencejournal.com. Karachi: Defence Journal Shamim. Archived from the original on 3 May 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2017.

google.com (Global: 163^rd place; English: 185^th place)

"Para Training School SSG to Cherat" (google maps). Para Training School SSG to Cherat. Retrieved 26 January 2019.

hilal.gov.pk (Global: low place; English: low place)

Tariq, Sardar Muhammad; Raja, Asif Jehangir. "Spirits Rekindled – Joint Staff Pakistan Day Parade - 2015". Hilal: The Pakistan Armed Forces Magazine. Archived from the original on 9 December 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2022.

indiatimes.com (Global: 17^th place; English: 15^th place)

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Joseph, Josy (10 January 2013). "Pak cross-LoC raid: Brutality similar to 2000 strike by Ilyas Kashmiri". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 January 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2013.

economictimes.indiatimes.com

"Russian forces arrive in Pakistan for third joint-military drill". The Economic Times. 22 October 2018. Archived from the original on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2019.

nationalinterest.org (Global: 1,953^rd place; English: 1,522^nd place)

Ahmad, Javid (7 May 2018). "Pakistan's Secret War Machine". www.nationalinterest.org. The National Interest. Archived from the original on 23 January 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.

news.google.com (Global: 59^th place; English: 45^th place)

"Islamabad reviews Afghan refugee policy after hijack". New Straits Times. Islamabad. 21 February 1994. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2012.

nytimes.com (Global: 7^th place; English: 7^th place)

"Afghan Gunmen Hijack a School Bus in Pakistan". AP. 21 February 1994. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016 – via The New York Times.
Bomb in Pakistan Kills at Least 15 From Elite Unit By SALMAN MASOOD and ISMAIL KHAN Archived 16 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine 14 September 2007

orbat.com (Global: low place; English: 8,385^th place)

Singh Bajwa, Mandeep. "Pakistan Special Service Group". Archived from the original on 7 November 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2007.

pakistanarmy.gov.pk (Global: low place; English: 9,562^nd place)

"Special Operations School". www.pakistanarmy.gov.pk. Retrieved 23 January 2019.^{[permanent dead link]}
"Parachute Training School". www.pakistanarmy.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 20 January 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
"Special Operations School: Selection Criteria". www.pakistanarmy.gov.pk. Retrieved 26 January 2019.^{[permanent dead link]}

reuters.com (Global: 49^th place; English: 47^th place)

"Pakistan commandos rescue 39 hostages, three killed". Reuters. 11 October 2009. Archived from the original on 12 February 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2009.

rokomari.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"কমান্ডো - রাজীব হোসেন". Archived from the original on 24 April 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
"হেল কমাণ্ডো - মেজর এম আনোয়ার হোসেন". Archived from the original on 24 April 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2022.

rsva.ru (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Клятва тридцати девяти". Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine A. Oliynik. Krasnaya Zvezda, 29 October 1988. (in Russian)
"Афганистан: бой у высоты 3234". Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine D. Meshchaninov. (in Russian)

sfgate.com (Global: 166^th place; English: 121^st place)

Witte, Griff (22 August 2010). "Mosque siege ends, and grim cleanup begins". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2007.

special-ops.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

Ahsan, Zaeem (13 October 2013). "Special Services Group (SSG)". Spec Ops Magazine. Archived from the original on 10 September 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2019.

thedailystar.net (Global: 593^rd place; English: 395^th place)

"Star Weekend Magazine". Archived from the original on 26 April 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2022.

thediplomat.com (Global: 1,382^nd place; English: 876^th place)

"Pakistan Seeks to Punish Criticism of Army". thediplomat.com. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
Gady, Franz-Stefan (17 October 2018). "Pakistan, Russia to Hold Joint Military Exercise". The Diplomat. Islamabad, Pakistan: The Diplomat. The Diplomat. Archived from the original on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2019.

thenews.com.pk (Global: 821^st place; English: 464^th place)

thenews.com.pk

Dead belonged to company deployed at Lal Masjid, Jamia Hafsa’ By Javed Iqbal & Mushtaq Yusufzai Archived 25 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine The News, Pakistan 14 September 2007
"Senior officers were main target of GHQ attack". The News. 13 October 2009. Retrieved 13 October 2009. ^{[dead link]}

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Nida Ameen (20 June 2014). "From Waar to Yalghaar, this war takes epic proportions". The News. Archived from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2014.

theprint.in (Global: 987^th place; English: 560^th place)

Gupta, Shekhar (6 September 2018). "When mule-drivers, villagers and NCC cadets hunted down elite Pakistani paratroopers". ThePrint. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.

tribune.com.pk (Global: 595^th place; English: 351^st place)

tribune.com.pk

Hussain, Javed (11 November 2012). "The phantom soldiers". The Express Tribune. Archived from the original on 31 December 2025. Retrieved 31 December 2025. (...) the SSG has since gone from brigade to division strength, and now has about 3,000 active members.

labs1.tribune.com.pk

"Inside APS". For Peshawar. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.

tripod.com (Global: 549^th place; English: 491^st place)

ptv2.tripod.com

"Ahan". ptv2.tripod.com. Archived from the original on 31 December 2025. Retrieved 31 December 2025.

tvi.com.pk (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Pakistan and Turkish Special Forces participate in Military Exercise in Ankara". Tele-Visual Infolink. Tele-Visual Infolink. Tele-Visual Infolink. 26 March 2017. Archived from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2019.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

Hussain, Javed (11 November 2012). "The phantom soldiers". The Express Tribune. Archived from the original on 31 December 2025. Retrieved 31 December 2025. (...) the SSG has since gone from brigade to division strength, and now has about 3,000 active members.
"Intro to Pakistani Commandos - Special Service Group | SSG". Army ISPR. Archived from the original on 4 March 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
Alvi, Maj-Gen. Faisal A. (31 March 2017). "Intro to Pakistani Commandos - Special Service Group | SSG" (watch.v). www.youtube.com. Cherat, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan: Pakistan Military. Archived from the original on 4 March 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
Ryan, Mike; Mann, Chris; Stilwell, Alexander (2014). "(§Special Forces: Pakistan)". The Encyclopedia of the World's Special Forces: Tactics, History, Strategy, Weapons (google books). Amber Books Ltd. ISBN 9781907446894. Archived from the original on 14 February 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
Ahmad, Javid (7 May 2018). "Pakistan's Secret War Machine". www.nationalinterest.org. The National Interest. Archived from the original on 23 January 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
Khiyal, Cdr. Roshan (21 February 2011). "History of the Special Service Group (SSG) - Pakistan Army - Part 1" (.watch). /www.youtube.com (in Urdu). Islamabad: ISPR YouTube. Archived from the original on 20 April 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
Mitha, PA, Aboobaker Osman (2003). Unlikely Beginnings: A Soldier's Life (snippet view) (1st ed.). Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan: Oxford University Press. p. 443. ISBN 9780195794137. Archived from the original on 14 February 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
Singh Bajwa, Mandeep. "Pakistan Special Service Group". Archived from the original on 7 November 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2007.
Amin, A. H. (1 February 2002). "Remembering Our Warriors: Remember Brig. S.Y. Minto". www.defencejournal.com. defencejournal. Archived from the original on 3 May 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
"Parachute Training School". www.pakistanarmy.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 20 January 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
Amin, A.H. (February 2002). "Remembering Our Warriors: Brig. Shamim Yasin Manto". www.defencejournal.com. Karachi: Defence Journal Shamim. Archived from the original on 3 May 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
"An amazing chapter in 1965 war that both India and Pakistan agree on". www.dailyo.in. Archived from the original on 5 February 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
Gupta, Shekhar (6 September 2018). "When mule-drivers, villagers and NCC cadets hunted down elite Pakistani paratroopers". ThePrint. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
Dhar, Maloy Krishna (2004). "(§Chapter 6)" (google books). Mission: Pakistan. iUniverse. p. 658. ISBN 9780595304820. Archived from the original on 14 February 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
Ṣiddīqī, ʻAbdurraḥmān (2004). East Pakistan the End Game: An Onlooker's Journal 1969-1971. Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan: Oxford University Press. p. 260. ISBN 9780195799934. Archived from the original on 14 February 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
Kundi, Mansoor Akbar (2002). Balochistan: hope and despair. New Quetta Book Stall. p. 144. Archived from the original on 14 February 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
"Клятва тридцати девяти". Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine A. Oliynik. Krasnaya Zvezda, 29 October 1988. (in Russian)
"Афганистан: бой у высоты 3234". Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine D. Meshchaninov. (in Russian)
Campbell, David (2017). "Battlefield Environment" (google books). Soviet Paratrooper vs Mujahideen Fighter: Afghanistan 1979–89 (1st ed.). New York, US: Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 80. ISBN 9781472817655. Archived from the original on 14 February 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
Lester W. Grau & Ali Ahmed Jalali, Forbidden Cross-Border Vendetta: Spetsnaz Strike into Pakistan during the Soviet-Afghan War Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Journal of Slavic Military Studies, December 2005, p.1-2 Referenced copy was obtained via the Foreign Military Studies Office website
Pervaiz, Athar (8 February 2016). "Killer Siachen — 'where a Pakistani soldier dies every four days from the cold'". Dawn. Siachen in Pakistan. Archived from the original on 31 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
Khiyal, Commander Roshan. "Special Service Group (SSG) - Pakistan Army - Part 2". Archived from the original on 4 March 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2019 – via YouTube.
Ali, Syed Ishfaq (1991). Fangs of Ice: The Story of Siachen (snippet view). Pak American Commercial. p. 161. ISBN 9789698152000. Archived from the original on 14 February 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
Raina, Dina Nath (1994). Kashmir - Distortions and Reality. Reliance Publishing House. p. 307. ISBN 9788185972527. Archived from the original on 14 February 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
Witte, Griff (22 August 2010). "Mosque siege ends, and grim cleanup begins". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2007.
Joseph, Josy (10 January 2013). "Pak cross-LoC raid: Brutality similar to 2000 strike by Ilyas Kashmiri". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 January 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
"Second beheading in two years by Pakistan". 10 January 2013. Archived from the original on 14 January 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
Oberoi, Vijay (2006). Special Forces: Doctrine, Structures, and Employment Across Spectrum of Conflict in the Indian Context. Knowledge World. p. 458. ISBN 9788187966395. Archived from the original on 14 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
Dawn.com, webdesk (7 April 2014). "Army to preserve its own dignity and institutional pride: COAS". DAWN.COM. Tarbela, Kpk in Pakistan: Dawn Newspaper. Dawn Newspaper. Archived from the original on 23 January 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
Ahsan, Zaeem (13 October 2013). "Special Services Group (SSG)". Spec Ops Magazine. Archived from the original on 10 September 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
Tariq, Sardar Muhammad; Raja, Asif Jehangir. "Spirits Rekindled – Joint Staff Pakistan Day Parade - 2015". Hilal: The Pakistan Armed Forces Magazine. Archived from the original on 9 December 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
Tomas Hirst. "The 9 most elite special forces in the world". Business Insider Australia. Archived from the original on 21 February 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
"Special Service Group (SSG) - Pakistan Army's SSG selection". Archived from the original on 4 March 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2019 – via YouTube.
Arif, Khalid Mahmud (2001). Khaki Shadows: Pakistan 1947-1997 (snippet view). Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan: Oxford University Press. p. 452. ISBN 9780195793963. Archived from the original on 14 February 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
"Pakistan and Turkish Special Forces participate in Military Exercise in Ankara". Tele-Visual Infolink. Tele-Visual Infolink. Tele-Visual Infolink. 26 March 2017. Archived from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
Sharif, Arshad (28 April 2005). "Nothing unusual about Cherat exercises: ISPR". DAWN.COM. Cherat, Pakistan: Dawn Newspaper. Dawn Newspaper. Archived from the original on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
"Joint Anti-terror Military Exercise Concludes". Xinhua News Agency. Archived from the original on 18 March 2007. Retrieved 21 July 2007.
Gady, Franz-Stefan (17 October 2018). "Pakistan, Russia to Hold Joint Military Exercise". The Diplomat. Islamabad, Pakistan: The Diplomat. The Diplomat. Archived from the original on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
"Russian forces arrive in Pakistan for third joint-military drill". The Economic Times. 22 October 2018. Archived from the original on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
"Afghan Gunmen Hijack a School Bus in Pakistan". AP. 21 February 1994. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016 – via The New York Times.
"Islamabad reviews Afghan refugee policy after hijack". New Straits Times. Islamabad. 21 February 1994. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
Naji, Kasra (24 May 1998). "Pakistani commandos capture hijackers". CNN. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
Bomb in Pakistan Kills at Least 15 From Elite Unit By SALMAN MASOOD and ISMAIL KHAN Archived 16 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine 14 September 2007
Dead belonged to company deployed at Lal Masjid, Jamia Hafsa’ By Javed Iqbal & Mushtaq Yusufzai Archived 25 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine The News, Pakistan 14 September 2007
"Pakistan commandos rescue 39 hostages, three killed". Reuters. 11 October 2009. Archived from the original on 12 February 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2009.
"Inside APS". For Peshawar. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
Hussain, Abid (14 March 2025). "Pakistan links train hijacking to 'Afghan handlers' and Indian mastermind". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 14 March 2025. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
"কমান্ডো - রাজীব হোসেন". Archived from the original on 24 April 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
"Star Weekend Magazine". Archived from the original on 26 April 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
"হেল কমাণ্ডো - মেজর এম আনোয়ার হোসেন". Archived from the original on 24 April 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
"Ahan". ptv2.tripod.com. Archived from the original on 31 December 2025. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
Nida Ameen (20 June 2014). "From Waar to Yalghaar, this war takes epic proportions". The News. Archived from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2014.

youtube.com (Global: 9^th place; English: 13^th place)

"Intro to Pakistani Commandos - Special Service Group | SSG". Army ISPR. Archived from the original on 4 March 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
Alvi, Maj-Gen. Faisal A. (31 March 2017). "Intro to Pakistani Commandos - Special Service Group | SSG" (watch.v). www.youtube.com. Cherat, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan: Pakistan Military. Archived from the original on 4 March 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
Khiyal, Cdr. Roshan (21 February 2011). "History of the Special Service Group (SSG) - Pakistan Army - Part 1" (.watch). /www.youtube.com (in Urdu). Islamabad: ISPR YouTube. Archived from the original on 20 April 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
Khiyal, Commander Roshan. "Special Service Group (SSG) - Pakistan Army - Part 2". Archived from the original on 4 March 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2019 – via YouTube.
"Special Service Group (SSG) - Pakistan Army's SSG selection". Archived from the original on 4 March 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2019 – via YouTube.

Special Service Group (English Wikipedia)

aljazeera.com (Global: 268th place; English: 215th place)

army.mil (Global: 249th place; English: 169th place)

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books.google.com (Global: 3rd place; English: 3rd place)

businessinsider.com (Global: 140th place; English: 115th place)

china.org.cn (Global: 1,653rd place; English: 1,397th place)

cnn.com (Global: 28th place; English: 26th place)

edition.cnn.com

dailyo.in (Global: 6,758th place; English: 3,935th place)

dawn.com (Global: 354th place; English: 207th place)

deccanherald.com (Global: 516th place; English: 291st place)

defencejournal.com (Global: low place; English: 7,788th place)

google.com (Global: 163rd place; English: 185th place)

hilal.gov.pk (Global: low place; English: low place)

indiatimes.com (Global: 17th place; English: 15th place)

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

economictimes.indiatimes.com

nationalinterest.org (Global: 1,953rd place; English: 1,522nd place)

news.google.com (Global: 59th place; English: 45th place)

nytimes.com (Global: 7th place; English: 7th place)

orbat.com (Global: low place; English: 8,385th place)

pakistanarmy.gov.pk (Global: low place; English: 9,562nd place)

reuters.com (Global: 49th place; English: 47th place)

rokomari.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

rsva.ru (Global: low place; English: low place)

sfgate.com (Global: 166th place; English: 121st place)

special-ops.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

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