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Tagab valley in Afghanistan gets new sports stadium

Tagab valley in Afghanistan gets new sports stadium

Brig. Gen. Marcel Druart, Task Force La Fayette commander, visited the Tagab valley with members of the Kapisa Provincial Reconstruction Team to open the new sports stadium in the valley, Feb. 4. The project was jointly financed by the PRT and the French brigade and was constructed by more than fifty construction workers from the region. For the inauguration, a volleyball competition was organized and made up of different teams throughout the province. “People from Tagab are delighted … Read entire article »

Filed under: Afghanistan, Rebuilding, War on Terror

French army takes up positions in Afghanistan

French army takes up positions in Afghanistan

In the middle of October, 80 French service members, mostly from the 27th Mountain Infantry Brigade, arrived in Afghanistan to form the Task Force La Fayette Headquarters. Serving as part of Regional Command-East, TF La Fayette will assume responsibilities Nov. 2. The task force will be made up of two combined arms tactics teams in Kapisa and Paktika provinces and an aviation battalion. When the French service members arrived in Afghanistan, they started their in-processing, and … Read entire article »

Filed under: Afghanistan, Our Allies, War on Terror