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  • Alleged detainee abuse sparks Article 32 investigation in eastern Afghanistan

    An Article 32 investigation commenced today at Forward Operating Base Salerno in eastern Afghanistan to review allegations of detainee abuse and several other lesser offenses by two U.S. service members. An Article 32 investigation, the military equivalent of a civilian grand jury hearing, offers

  • ANSF, Coalition forces disrupt militants’ narcotics activities

    Afghan commandos from the 205th Kandak and Coalition forces conducted a search in southern Afghanistan Sunday that yielded narcotics, weapons and bomb-making caches. The combined forces air assaulted into an area near Maywand District, Kandahar province, about 75 kilometers west of Kandahar city.

  • Coalition forces track down terrorist networks in Paktia

    Coalition forces detained six suspected militants while continuing to target Haqqani terrorist networks in Paktia, Sunday. The operation in Zadran district, located 135 km south of Kabul and the second operation in as many days, targeted a known Haqqani militant believed to be in the direct contact

  • Coalition forces kill Taliban commander

    Coalition forces killed four Taliban fighters, including a targeted Taliban commander who was dressed as a woman, during an operation to disrupt the Taliban's roadside bomb and foreign fighter networks in Ghanzni province, Friday. Coalition forces killed Haji Yakub, a Taliban commander in Qarabagh

  • Pilot surpasses 3,000 hours in A-10 Thunderbolt

    The list of single-seat fighter pilots who have flown 3,000 hours in one particular aircraft is short. On Nov. 21, a new name was added to that list when Lt. Col. David Dressel, flew his 3,000th hour in an A-10 Thunderbolt II while flying a close air support mission over Afghanistan. Colonel

  • Coalition forces, Afghan civilians involved in traffic accident in Kabul

    A Coalition forces vehicle and a van carrying Afghan civilians were involved in a traffic accident here Friday at about 11:15 a.m. on Highway 1. Both vehicles were traveling east when the van attempted to move in to the left lane of traffic and struck the side of the Coalition vehicle. Coalition

  • Coalition forces provide medical care to Afghan woman and her baby

    An Afghan woman and her seven month old son, who were severely injured by militants during an operation in Kapisa, Nov. 20, were released from a Coalition forces hospital in Bagram this week. The woman and child, whom Coalition forces believe lived with the militants, were injured when one of the

  • Camp Eggers celebrates Thanksgiving with carnival

    Servicemembers at Camp Eggers marked Thanksgiving Day 2008 with good food, games and laughter, as Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan celebrated with a winter carnival. With a joint military command of more than 1,000 personnel away from home during the holidays, morale, welfare and

  • ISAF FORCES BRING NEW HOPE TO YOUNG AFGHAN GIRL

    Recently, a team of International Security Assistance Force medical personnel came together to save the life of a nine-year-old Afghan child. Toor Pekai has lived with a benign tumor on her face for nearly five years. Benign or not, the tumor grew to impact her speech and ability to eat solid

  • House Armed Services Committee delegation visits Camp Eggers

    Servicemembers at Camp Eggers shared breakfast with several members of the House Armed Services Committee, or HASC, delegation during their visit on Thanksgiving Day to Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, or CSTC-A, headquarters. Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo., HASC chairman, along with Rep.