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  • Troops spend Christmas Eve donating supplies to Afghan school

    While people around the world made their final Christmas preparations, members of the Nangarhar Provincial Reconstruction Team, and Chaparhar Police Mentor Team, visited a school in the Terelay Village, of the Chaparhar district, Nangarhar Province, Dec. 24. to distribute clothes and school

  • 455 AEW Commander visits troops in Western Afghanistan

    The 455th Air Expeditionary Wing Commander, Brig. Gen. Mike Holmes, USAF, visited troops at Camp Arena and Camp Stone in western Afghanistan, Dec. 21. General Holmes arrived with an entourage from Bagram Air Field, which included the Command Chief Master Sergeant of the base, Dennis L. Vannorsdall,

  • Two civilian contractors wounded in IED attack

    Two civilian contractors were wounded this morning in western Afghanistan when their convoy was struck by a suicide vehicle bomber. The incident took place about 9:20 a.m. The injured personnel have been transported to medical facilities. Coalition personnel have secured the scene, and the incident

  • Coalition forces destroy Taliban roadside bomb cell in Kandahar

    Coalition forces killed eleven armed Taliban militants, including a key IED cell leader, and detained two suspected militants during an operation targeting a major roadside bomb network in Kandahar province, Thursday. In Maiwand District, approximately 75 km west of Kandahar City, Coalition forces

  • PRT Zabul works with teammates to provide medical assistance to Afghans

    Hundreds of people received an early EID gift of medical care and humanitarian assistance when the members of Zabul PRT, the Afghan National Army and other Coalition Forces participated in recent village medical operation. Winter in Zabul province is a very critical time for the population. It is a

  • Zabul PRT facilitates governmental meeting

    Members of the Zabul Provincial Reconstruction Team, by with and through the Afghan government, facilitated a meeting between Provincial Governor Del Bar Arman and the leaders of Shajoy district here recently. The visit came shortly after a suicide bomber attacked an Afghan National Army compound.

  • Zabul PRT works to modernize medical facilities.

    Through the rough terrain of the Afghan mountains, members of the Zabul Provincial Reconstruction team and members of the Kentucky Army National Guard delivered four medical conexes to the district center of Atgar. These conexes will be used in areas of Atgar as medical facilities. Each conex is 12

  • USAFCENT commander visits deployed Airmen on Christmas Eve

    Much like Santa Claus pays a visit to boys and girls around the world on Christmas Eve, the U.S. Air Forces Central leadership visited deployed Airmen at Bagram Air Field Dec. 24. Instead of presents, Lt. Gen. Gary North, USAFCENT commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Scott Dearduff, USAFCENT command

  • Afghan Commandos capture the Baglan District Headquarters bomber

    Afghan National Army Commandos, accompanied by Coalition forces captured Mullah Dahoud, an insurgent commander, during an early morning raid on a suspected IDE cell in Pol-e-Kohmri, Baglan province, approximately 150 km from Kabul, Dec. 23. The Afghan National Army Commandos conducted the raid on a

  • Airman saves lives in Afghanistan

    An Air Force Special Operations Command Airman saved lives in Afghanistan April 6 during a lengthy battle by calling in airstrikes to protect his team. Staff Sgt. Zachary Rhyner, a special tactics combat controller assigned to the 21st Special Tactics Squadron at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., was