A representative of the NRF says the group plans to wage ‘an unconventional war’ against the Taliban. 

If true, the report would mark an important moment at the start of what is called the fighting season in Afghanistan and suggest that a startling and more spirited fight than previously reported is under way in the country.

The group facing expulsion, the Knickerbocker Greys, was founded in 1881 and has been based at the Armory since 1902. 

The commission has been under existential threat for years from New Jersey, which seeks to withdraw from the interstate agency it created with the Empire State in 1953. That would in effect terminate the commission. 

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