Combined Action in the Khost-Gardez Pass

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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  • Combined effort leads to cache find

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    PAKTIKA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – A combined effort with Afghan Police with the 7th Kandak of the 2nd zone of Afghan Border Police and Soldiers with Company C, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division led to the discovery of a Cache in the Waza Khwa District of Paktika Province, March 9. The cache included seven bolt action rifles, one bag of homemade explosives and two boxes of military equipment. (U.S. Army Photo)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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  • Guidon is passed for Kapisa PRT

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    KAPISA PROVINCE, Afghanistan - U.S. Air Force Lt. Cols. Thomas Goulter and Joseph Paguiligan stand ready to transfer authority of Kapisa Provincial Reconstruction Team while U.S. Army Army 1st Sgts. Earl Jones and Edward Kelly bear the PRT guidons here at Forward Operating Base Morales-Frazier, Afghanistan, March 8.  French Brig. Gen. Marcel Druart oversaw the transfer, combining the traditions of the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force and French military during the ceremony. (Photo by U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Michele M. Rollins, Kapisa Provincial Reconstruction Team Public Affairs) KAPISA PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Military members from Task Force La Fayette gathered at Forward Operating Base Morales-Frazier in the Kapisa province to observe a transfer of authority ceremony, March 8.

    Members of Provincial Reconstruction Team Kapisa watched as U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Thomas Goulter transferred the PRT’s guidon to the incoming team led by U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Joseph Paguiligan.   French Brig. Gen. Marcel Druart presided over the ceremony.  This is the first time a French commander has passed the guidon from one U.S. Air Force commander to another, encompassing the traditions of the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force and French military during the ceremony. Read more...

 


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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.

The caches consisted of 15-107 mm rockets, 6-82 mm mortar rounds, 55 rocket propelled grenades, 122 hand grenades, 5 anti-personnel mines, 82 hand grenade fuses, 3 rocket propelled grenade fuses, 1 box of 14.5 mm rounds and 150-7.62 mm rounds.

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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.

 

 

 
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.