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KHOST PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Soldiers and Afghan National Security Forces are working together to increase security and governance along the Khost-Gardez pass at a new Combined Tactical Operations Center Read more
ANP learn how to effectively police their community
GHAZNI PROVINCE, Afghanistan – In the early morning on Dec. 22, before their normal daily patrols were scheduled to begin, 17 Afghan National Policemen lined up outside their district center. Read more
'Taliban hotel' destroyed
KHOST PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Soldiers located at Combat Outpost Spera partnered with members of the Afghan National Army to destroy a multi-room building, used to protect insurgents as they travelled Read more
Afghan citizens save American asset in Panjshir
PANJSHIR PROVINCE, Afghanistan –The adventure began on the cold, wintery morning, Dec. 10, deep in the Hindu Kush Mountains of the Panjshir valley in Afghanistan. The Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team Read more
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Press Releases
| Combined effort leads to cache find |
PAKTIKA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Afghan police with the 7th Kandak of the 2nd zone Afghan Border Police and Soldiers with Company C, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division discovered and seized a cache in the Waza Khwa district of Paktika Province, March 9. |
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| Kiwi Team 2 Retrieve Weapons Caches |
BAMYAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Members of New Zealand’s Kiwi Team 2 recovered three caches of weaponry, March 6-8. |
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| Stamping out local poppy population |
KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan–International Security Assistance Force servicemembers met with the governor of Kunar to notify him of illicit agriculture growing in his province, March 1. Soldiers of the 40th Infantry Division, Agribusiness Development Team met with governor Wahidi at his residence in the governors compound in Asadabad, to inform him of poppy plants growing in the Chowkay district. The governor was receptive of the information, which he passed on to the provincial police chief who stated that he will conduct an operation in the valley to eradicate the poppies. ISAF ADTs will continue to assist and advise Afghan leadership and agricultural departments in providing alternative cash crops for farmers.
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| Nangarhar hosts education opportunities |
NANGARHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – The Female Engagement Team of Nangarhar Provincial Reconstruction Team met with the Mohmand Dara District sub-governor and local leaders to discuss training opportunities for women in the Hazar Naw Village district, March 1. The meeting was the third in a series of meetings with International Security Assistance Forces to discuss training opportunities for women. The women were informed of a future project that would teach them how to make soaps lead by the Department of Women’s Affairs. This was also an opportunity for women to bring up more ideas for improvements and voice their concerns on needed issues. Two topics that surfaced during the meeting was education for girls and women and the desire to learn how to take care of livestock as another source of income. In addition to the exchange of ideas, the sub-governor highlighted a community-wide effort that will combine all Madrassas or religious schools into one that will teach Islam, Arabic, English and computers and science. Future meetings with the director of education for this particular project are in the works.
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