Afghan soldiers rescue villagers from flash flood

NANGARHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Grateful Afghan villagers are rescued from flash floods by Afghan National Army Soldiers July 28. The ANA Soldiers rescued over 200 villagers from flash flooding (click for more)

330th MPC build rapport

KHOST PROVINCE, Afghanistan – A young boy sits on a table at a convenience store while members of the 330th Military Police Company, Police Combined Action Team, buy juice and (click for more)

ANP Search for illegal weapons

KHOST PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Afghan National Policemen and members of the 330th Military Police Company, Police Combined Action Team, search a goat herder’s house for illegal weapons and evidence of (click for more)

Patrols help keep peace in Pech Valley area

KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Children from Kandigal village in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar province follow U.S. Army Pfc. Richard J. Sandoval of Fresno, Calif., radio operator for 3rd Platoon, Company B, (click for more)

Convoy fights off insurgent ambush

KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan - U.S. Army Pfc. Aaron R. Will of Tampa, Fla., a gunner with 2nd Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Bulldog, reloads his (click for more)

Mississippi’s bomb hunters: Army National Guardsmen fight roadside bombs

PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Soldiers of 1st Plt., 287th Engineer Co. pray before leaving on a route clearance mission in southeastern Afghanistan July 18. Since their arrival in theater in (click for more)

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  • Warfighters, civilians come together on agriculture

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    Written by U.S. Air Force Capt. Peter Shinn Kunar Agri-Business Development Team Monday, 06 September 2010 22:09

     

    FORWARD OPERATING BASE FENTY, Afghanistan – Task Force Bastogne commander U.S. Army Col. Andrew P. Poppas of Janesville, Wis., addresses civilian and military leaders at a conference on efforts to build the region's agri-business sector at Forward Operating Base Fenty Sept. 6. About 50 military and civilians attended the conference, including key leaders of the Missouri National Guard’s ADT IV, which works in Nangahar Province, the Kansas National Guard’s ADT II, which works in Laghman Province, and the Iowa National Guard’s 734th ADT, which works in Kunar Province. Civilian agencies represented at the conference included the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Agency for International Development. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Capt. Peter Shinn, Kunar Agri-Business Development Team)FORWARD OPERATING BASE FENTY, Afghanistan –Nearly 50 civilian and military officials gathered to share “best practices” and coordinate their efforts to boost eastern Afghanistan’s agri-business sector at Forward Operating Base Fenty Sept. 6.

    Representatives from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Agency for International Development and their various implementing organizations met with military leaders from the three National Guard Agri-Business Development Teams serving the eastern Afghanistan provinces of Nangahar, Laghman and Kunar, which are all in the Task Force Bastogne area of operations.

    Last Updated on Tuesday, 07 September 2010 19:34
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  • Road improvement project completed in Mehtar Lam

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    Written by U.S. Air Force Capt. Tristan Hinderliter Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team Public Affairs Monday, 06 September 2010 21:47

     

    LAGHMAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Laghman provincial Gov. Mohammed Iqbal Azizi and other Afghan officials take part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Chardi Road Rehabilitation, a U.S. government-funded road improvement project in Mehtar Lam District in eastern Afghanistan’s Laghman Province Aug. 25. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Capt. Tristan Hinderliter, Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team Public Affairs)LAGHMAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Provincial officials, including Laghman governor Mohammed Iqbal Azizi, recently attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Chardi Road Rehabilitation, a U.S. government-funded road improvement project in Mehtar Lam District, Aug. 25.

    “The road will provide improved transportation and opportunities for work for more than 3,000 people in the area,” said U.S. Air Force Capt. Sean Stapler of Narragansett, R.I., Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team lead engineer. “Residents will have greater access to medical and educational facilities, as well as government services. The project will also enhance security by allowing Afghan National Security Forces better access to the region.” 

    Last Updated on Monday, 06 September 2010 21:58
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Joint operation disrupts Taliban group in Kohe Safi

 

PARWAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Coalition forces conducted a joint mission to disrupt a Taliban group that was operating in the Kohe Safi District of Parwan Province Sept. 5.
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ANSF, coalition forces repel attack in Chapa Dara

 

CHAPA DARA, Afghanistan – Afghan National Security Forces with assistance from International Security Assistance Force servicemembers repelled an attacked during a meeting with Afghan national officials near the Chapa Dara District Center in the Chapa Dara District of Kunar Province Sept. 4.
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IED attacks not going well for Taliban fighters

GHAZNI, Afghanistan – Afghan National Security Forces and International Security Assistance Force Soldiers from Task Force White Eagle and Brawler killed five Taliban improvised explosive device emplacers Sep. 2 during combat operations in the Andar District of Ghazni Province.

 

An ISAF air weapons team observed the five Taliban fighters emplacing an IED, made a positive identification and engaged them, killing all five.
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ISAF, ANSF forces repel attack at bases in Khowst province; kill, capture insurgents

KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan – International Security Assistance Force servicemembers and Afghan National Security Forces repelled complex attacks at two bases in Khowst province, killing 31 insurgents and capturing five Aug. 28.

Insurgents attacked Forward Operating Base Chapman and FOB Salerno with indirect, rocket-propelled grenade and small-arms fire in an early morning assault.
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