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Safidbarah Village Receives Winter Aid

Safidbarah Village Receives Winter Aid

Members of the Afghan National Army (ANA) 207th Corps of Camp Zafar, assisted by the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Spanish Operational Mentor Liaison Team (OMLT) of Regional Command-West, delivered food and supplies to the village of Safidbarah in western Afghanistan, 19 February. The combined team arrived at the village and was greeted by more than 30 families from the area. The ANA delivered more than 500 sets of winter clothes and distributed cooking oil, … Read entire article »

Filed under: Afghanistan, Rebuilding, War on Terror

ISAF EOD teams safely dispose of ordnance

ISAF explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) teams disposed of approximately 2,500 projectiles such as artillery shells, mortar projectiles and cartridges from an old Soviet ammunition depot near the Qala-e Naw local airport recently. The specialised team conducted three controlled explosions to safely dispose of 13 anti-personnel mines and about 680 kilograms of explosives to clear the nearly 46-hectare area that will become the building site for new Afghan National Army troops’ barracks. Two tons of scrap iron and 14 Soviet armoured wrecks were also removed. Since January 2008, ISAF EOD teams in western Afghanistan have destroyed huge quantities of ordnance, including hand and rifle grenades, shoulder-fired rockets, sub munitions, anti-personnel and anti-tank mines, mortar projectiles and propelled cartridges. The disposal of such hazardous ordnance lowers potential risks to the population and is just one way … Read entire article »

Filed under: Afghanistan, Rebuilding, War on Terror

Iran Expands Influence

CNEWS HERAT, Afghanistan (AP) – From cheap ice cream to 24-hour electricity, Iran is strengthening economic ties with western Afghanistan that could undermine support for U.S. and NATO forces. Western Afghanistan has a newly paved 120-kilometre stretch of highway between the Iranian border and its main city, Herat, courtesy of the Islamic republic. Iran is also considering building a rail line on the busy route and has pledged the equivalent of another C$640 million to help rebuild Afghan infrastructure and businesses. “Iran is not going away from here,” a Herat-based western diplomat said. “The question is whether we can co-exist in this region together and realize that some of our aims might even be the same when it comes to Afghanistan.” Tehran has built 10 schools and several clinics in western Afghanistan, and paid for … Read entire article »

Filed under: Afghanistan, Iran, Rebuilding, War on Terror