Britain’s SAS are serious badasses, no question about it.

Via Daily Mail:

A British aid worker kidnapped in north east Afghanistan last month has been freed after a dramatic SAS rescue mission authorised by Prime Minister David Cameron.

Helen Johnston, 27, Kenyan national Moragwe Oirere and two Afghan civilians were rescued during an early morning raid by members of the elite special forces unit.

All four hostages work for Medair, a humanitarian non-governmental organisation based near Lausanne, Switzerland and were kidnapped on May 22 in Badakhshan province.

The dramatic raid took place at 1am in Shahr-e-Bozorgd district, in a large forested area near the Tajikistan border called Koh-e-Laran.

According to the Daily Telegraph, SAS soldiers, working with the ISAF’s Joint Special Forces Group, were transported by helicopter to the cave where the hostages were being held.

They then stormed the cave and freed the hostages.

Mr Cameron confirmed all four hostages were rescued safely, no British troops were injured and five Taliban and hostage-takers were killed.

A spokesman for the Foreign Office confirmed: ‘They are all now safe. Helen and Moragwa are receiving support from British Embassy staff in Kabul.

‘The two Afghan aid workers are returning to their families in Badakhshan.’