If you mean the role of Para SF then its the old school sabotaging stuff, we never bothered with FID.
That's incorrect. We did have significant emphasis on FID during the late 80s and 90s with Para SF presence in Africa and Afghanistan.
SF guys were there with Massoud for some time during the Afghan Civil War and left out only after the Green Berets landed there just before the GWOT was about to start.
Now whether that was as part of SG, or Para SF, on paper that is, but SF guys all the same.
There is significant memorabilia from both places at the SFTS Mess.
Even their role in the Kashmir militancy was far more strategic than what it is today, operating as part of undercover teams and coordinating with Ikhwans and Village defense teams for some time.
Ikhwan has been disbanded now but I'm sure some undercover work by SF still happens in Kashmir.
We have lost that edge from the start of 2000s when the utilisation of SF has primarily shifted to tactical roles.