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Rebuilding Roads Helps Afghanistan
Engineers attached to 1st Brigade Combat Team, Task Force Bastogne, in cooperation with the Afghan government and Afghan National Security Forces began the process of rebuilding damaged roads in the Khogyani and Sherzad Districts of Nangarhar province in early February. The process begins by tearing up the old surfaces damaged by frequent roadside bombs. The damaged roads made travel to Jalalabad difficult for those living in the area. The job of tearing up the old road falls … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Torkham Gate – the door to Afghanistan
As part of an ongoing effort to enhance logistics throughout Afghanistan, the Director of CENTCOM Deployment and Distribution Operations Center, U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Robert McMahon, met with U.S. logistics and border security forces from Combined Joint Task Force 82nd (Regional Command-East) at Torkham Gate, the critical border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan. “This is the main entryway into Afghanistan,” said U.S. Army Lt. Col. Seibert, the U.S. military officer in charge of the Torkham … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Securing the Afghan Border
“If you look there, that is one of the Pakistan border positions,” said the Afghan border police officer, pointing across the valley of the Safid Kho Mountain Ranges where a green flag was visible. The image of the crescent and star weren’t clear, but the 6th Kandak ABP live near it every day, and know the flag well, because they are responsible for this remote Nazyan District outpost. They had been attacked days earlier, leaving two of … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, War on Terror
Nangarhar Provice’s Grand Canal Repaired
Joined by government and local leaders, the Nangarhar Provincial Reconstruction Team celebrated the completion of a Grand Canal repair project, April 12, during a ribbon cutting ceremony in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. Nangarhar Provincial Governor, Gul Agha Sherzai, and PRT commander, Air Force Lt. Col. Steven Cabosky from Newton Falls, Ohio, along with other government and tribal officials, spoke to the crowd about the benefits the repaired canal will provide to the province’s agriculture economy. “This project represents hope … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Rebuilding, War on Terror
6 New Schools for Nangarhar Children
A stream of elders waited their turn to thank the Nangarhar Provincial Reconstruction Team and its government partners for bringing the boys and girls of Samer Khil village the two bright yellow school buildings that stood behind them. The scene in the small village of Behsood District April 7, is becoming familiar for PRT members, who joined the village elders and government officials to celebrate the opening of the school during a ribbon-cutting ceremony. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Rebuilding, War on Terror
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