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  • Sharana PRT spends Christmas providing winter aid to Afghan village

    The Sharana Provincial Reconstruction Team spent their Christmas Day providing humanitarian aid to the town of Sera Kala the in the Sharana District of Paktika province, Afghanistan. Residents of the town make a meager living, just barely able to put food on the table and clothes on their backs.

  • 16 Afghans dead, 58 Afghans wounded in Khowst province suicide attack Sunday

    One of Public Affairs' primary responsibilities is to ensure factual reporting of events to the public and to counter enemy propaganda. Sunday, Zabihollah Mojahed, a Taliban spokesperson, reported a martyrdom attack carried out in Khowst province. Mojahed claimed the attack killed 20 foreign

  • PRT works to improve irrigation in Konar

    The Konar Provincial Reconstruction Team is working with Afghans in Manawara District to restore an irrigation system that has become a casualty of decades of war in Afghanistan. The ancient Karez irrigation system consists of 12 wells and numerous aqueducts which use river water and underground

  • Coalition forces maintain pressure on terrorist cell in Ghazni

    Coalition forces killed two armed Taliban militants while targeting the network's kidnapping and roadside bombing operations in Ghazni province, Sunday. In Gailan District, approximately 200 km northeast of Kandahar, Coalition forces targeted a Taliban militant known to coordinate and carry out the

  • Afghan Commandos, Coalition forces destroy weapons cache in Ghorak district

    Afghan Commandos and Coalition forces conducted an air assault operation in Ghorak district, Kandahar province, to search for IED cells Dec. 27. A search of the village yielded a weapons and supply cache. The weapons cache contained one anti-personnel mine, two anti-tank mines and a bowl of

  • Coalition forces maintain pressure in Kabul and Paktika provinces

    Coalition forces killed five armed militants and detained six suspected militants during operations targeting Taliban facilitators and a Haqqani commander in Kabul and Paktika provinces, Saturday. The operation in Sorubi District, approximately 60 km northeast of Kabul City, targeted a Taliban

  • Combined forces destroy weapons cache in Helmand

    Afghan National Security Forces and Coalition forces killed six militants during a security patrol in Nahr Surkh district, located in Helmand province, Dec. 25 . While combined forces were conducting a security patrol, they positively indentified a group of militants recovering munitions from a

  • Coalition forces dismantle IED network in Zabul

    Coalition forces detained five suspected Taliban militants, including the targeted militant, during an operation to dismantle the Taliban's roadside bomb network in Zabul province, Friday. In Qalat District, approximately 120 km northeast of Kandahar, Coalition forces netted a Taliban militant

  • Task force leaders address, respond to Afghan residents via radio show

    Senior leaders from Task Force Warrior answered questions and informed local Afghans during a radio interview on Dec. 23 at Radio Sada-e-Azadi, also known as Peace Radio, in Jabal Saraj District of Parwan province. Peace Radio's audience consists of approximately 1.5 million listeners, including