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Afghanistan update for June 11 2010
ISAF via DVIDS An Afghan-international security force detained several individuals suspected of insurgent activity in Logar province last night. The individuals were detained as the combined force searched a compound in Padkhvab-e Shaneh, Pul-e ‘Alam district, after intelligence information revealed militant activity. Another Afghan-international force used aircraft and ground forces to stop two vehicles and detained multiple individuals suspected of insurgent activity in Zabul province yesterday. The security force was pursuing a Taliban commander in the village of Zakuri, Shah Joy district, after intelligence information revealed insurgent activity. The vehicles were stopped without incident, and several women and children in the vehicles were protected. Individuals suspected of insurgent activity were detained by a separate Afghan-international force in Zabul province yesterday. The combined force detained two suspected insurgents while searching a compound in the village of Jonubi Garay, … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Terrorist Death Watch, War on Terror
Navigating the complex Afghan culture
Dr. Richard R. Boone, of Wimberley, Texas, is in the valley of Baraki Barak, Logar Province, Afghanistan, creating a map. For his map he will ignore the rugged mountains that spring up on the sides of the valley, and the roads that criss-cross through it. Boone is part of the Human Terrain System, and his job is to create a map of the map of the Afghanistan people to give to commanders so they can navigate … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, War on Terror
Mosque makeover in Afghanistan
Mullahs, or Muslim religious leaders throughout Baraki Barak in Logar Province, Afghanistan, gathered at the local District Center to receive Mosque improvement packages, distributed by Soldiers from Task Force Iron Titan, September 16-17. The Mosque kits included several large rugs, a smaller prayer rug for the Mullah, paint, a new speaker system, and light bulbs. Possibly, the most important part of the kits was solar panels to provide electricity for the Mosque. Local families also received humanitarian … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Green, Rebuilding, Tenth Mountain Division, War on Terror
Extreme Make Over: Afghan Edition
What would it be like to go without computers, MP3 players and video games systems? How about upping the anté and adding air conditioning and light bulbs to the “off-limits list?” To most Americans, the thought of not having such modern day luxuries could be considered “cruel and unusual” punishment. However, for Afghans living in the rural, rugged mountainous areas, such modern amenities are found few and far between. Soldiers of Able Troop, 3rd Squadron, 71st Cavalry … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Rebuilding, Tenth Mountain Division, War on Terror
Surkhab Dam Reconstruction
The Czech Provincial Reconstruction Team in Logar province recently entered another phase of the reconstruction of the Surkhab dam, the largest source of water in Logar province. The project, which will cost more than $1 million, will improve irrigation conditions for about 3,500 farmers, as well as provide jobs for 80 workers from Logar. “We appreciate Czech assistance a lot. Our farmers cannot grow anything without water,” said Abdul Wahab Ahmadzai, director of a local high school. Prior to the renovation, the old dam and reservoir lacked maintenance and regular cleaning. Up until few months ago, the basin was full of sediment more than eight meters deep, up to two thirds of its depth. The Czech PRT excavated the mud in order to revitalize the dam and to restore its original capacity. “We use Surkhab … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Our Allies, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Clearing the Tangi: Task Force Takes Troubled Valley
Flexing for the first time the massive military muscle now deployed to this area, coalition forces cleared one of its most troubled insurgent hotspots, sending a forceful message to insurgent fighters here that the coalition will go wherever, whenever it wants. The three-day operation wrapped up yesterday and took hundreds of troops deep into the Tangi, a valley of narrow roads and steep cliffs that runs along the Logar River through the southeastern part of Wardak province opening into Logar province. The area has seen few coalition forces for the past eight months after a small U.S. military team was brutally attacked and four were killed there last summer. Shortly after the first few soldiers with the 10th Mountain Division’s 3rd Brigade Combat Team arrived here in February, they sent a little larger … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Tenth Mountain Division, War on Terror
Afghanistan Fight Turns to Economy + Governance
It’s hard to find a good, old-fashioned combat fight in Afghanistan right now — even here, surrounded by the battle-hardened, well-armed infantry and artillery troops of the 10th Mountain Division’s 3rd Brigade Combat Team. That’s partly because it is still winter and most insurgent fighters are holed up waiting for warmer weather, but also because the fight has changed across this rural landscape. Here in Wardak province, just south of Kabul, the fight is not so … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Rebuilding, Tenth Mountain Division, War on Terror
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