America's North Shore Journal

Afghan national army soldiers, advised by coalition forces, killed 20 armed militants in Kajaki District, Helmand province, April 1.

In a continuous effort to deny militant freedom of movement, the ANA-led force conducted a combat reconnaissance patrol in an area of known militant presence. While conducting a dismounted patrol, the combined elements were attacked by dozens of armed militants with small-arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire. The ANA-led force returned fire, causing the enemy to withdraw to secondary fighting positions.

Afghan and coalition forces killed 12 militants March 27, during a raid of a militant location to further degrade bomb-making and facilitation networks in northern Helmand province.

The hospital was built and equipped in 1965, and despite being one of the few provincial hospitals equipped to standards required by the Afghanistan Ministry of Public Health, it still struggles with the lack of equipment and trained personnel.

ISAF is aware of an incident that took place in the area of Nad-i-Ali, Helmand province this morning where ISAF forces, operating in support of an ANA operation, came under heavy and sustained fire from a clearly identified compound.

Afghan army commandos and their coalition partners killed four militants while simultaneously protecting nearly 90 civilians in an early morning operation today in western Afghanistan, military officials reported.

Afghan National Security Forces and Coalition forces Saturday night killed 38 militants in the Nahr Surkh District, Helmand province.

There were two separate engagements on Oct. 8, 2008, in Nahr Surkh District, both killing nine militants.

ISAF can confirm that an operation was conducted in that area the evening of October 12 against a small group of Taliban commanders.

One of the members of the female treatment team is an Army captain who has been working at the clinic for approximately two months. For security reasons, her name will not be mentioned in this article. In her job at home, she’s a primary care provider at her base’s medical clinic.

The captain said she provides the same basic primary medical care she does back home. Diseases are often more progressed than in the states due to lack of available health care; however, the extent of service she provides is the same. The big difference from her job in the states is that here she’s creating an opportunity for a whole sector of the population to receive care that would have been otherwise unavailable.