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  • U.S. C-17 damaged at Kandahar Airfield

    A United States Air Force C-17 Globemaster III operated by the 315th Airlift Wing from Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina departed the hard surface of the runway at Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan at about 6:20 a.m. local time. There were no injuries and no damage to airfield facilities. A

  • Services Airman helps troops connect with families during the holidays

    The main job of a deployed Services Airman is to provide morale and recreation activities. During the holiday season, there is even more emphasis on building morale for all the Airmen who will be spending it away from their families. One Airman here came up with two specials ways to help deployed

  • Afghan Commandos, Coalition forces kill two Taliban fighters in Zer-e-Koh

    Afghan National Army Commandos and Coalition forces, killed two Taliban fighters in Zer-e-Koh Valley, Shindand district, in Herat Province this morning. Shindand district is located over 400 km northwest of Kandahar. In an early morning operation Afghan Commandos conducted a raid on a senior Taliban

  • Coalition forces maintain pressure on terrorist network in Kabul

    Coalition forces killed six armed militants and detained three suspected militants during an operation to diminish the Taliban's terrorist network in Kabul province, Monday. The operation in Sorobi (Sorubi) District, approximately 60 km northeast of Kabul City, targeted a Taliban militant believed

  • Suspected militants die in Zabul Province

    Two known Taliban extremists were reported deceased on Dec. 18. The militants were part of a group of five suspects taken into custody, Dec. 17, by Afghan National Police and Coalition forces during a combined patrol conducted in Shinkay district, located in Zabul Province, approximately 160 km

  • ANSF, Coalition forces attack an IED cell in Helmand

    Afghan National Security Forces and Coalition forces, responding to an IED explosion, were engaged by and killed one insurgent in Nahr Surkh district, Helmand province, Dec. 21. An Afghan man driving a tractor was seriously wounded when the tractor struck an IED. Upon arriving at the scene

  • Major General Cone relinquishes command of CSTC-A to Major General Formica

    Major General Richard P. Formica took command of Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan December 18, becoming CSTC-A's third commanding general. Major General Formica relieved Major General Robert W. Cone, who returns to the United States after an 18-month tour. General David McKiernan,

  • Coalition forces disrupt roadside bomb network in Zabul

    Coalition forces killed four armed militants and detained five suspected militants during an operation targeting the Taliban's roadside bomb network in Zabul province, Saturday. In Qalat District, approximately 120 km northeast of Kandahar, Coalition forces targeted a Taliban militant known to

  • 2-and-a-half tons of drugs found in a school

    Afghan Commandos and Coalition forces discovered and destroyed two-and-a-half tons of drugs found in a local school in Arghestan district, Kandahar province, Dec. 19. The combined forces were conducting a foot patrol when a Commando stopped to search a school en route to their objective. The

  • President Bush sends holiday greetings to all

    President Bush has taped a special video message to servicemembers and their families this holiday season. "Laura and I send greetings to all the men and women of the United States military this holiday season," he says in his one minute and 30 second message. "In this dangerous time, I thank you