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  • Secretary of the Air Force visits Bagram Airmen

    Secretary of the Air Force, Michael B. Donley, visited with Airmen from Bagram Air Field Oct. 15 during his first visit to the country since being confirmed by Congress earlier this month. During his visit, Secretary Donley held an Airman's call for approximately 400 Airmen stationed here. "Since I

  • First Afghan baby born at Bagram Air Field

    It was the middle of the night and hospital staff's pagers were going off. Inside Craig Joint Theater Hospital there was a scramble to pull together the people and equipment needed for a successful procedure. It wasn't a coalition servicemember's life they were trying to save; they were bringing a

  • 3 militants detained in Ghazni

    Three militants were detained Tuesday following a Coalition forces operation to disrupt an improvised explosive device ring in Ghazni province. Coalition forces conducted the operation in Andar District, targeting a militant associated with the Taliban terrorist network who is believed to have

  • Coalition forces kill 5 Taliban in Ghazni

    For the second time in as many days, Coalition forces Monday disrupted the foreign fighter network in Ghazni province, killing five armed militant Taliban, including a subcommander. The operation in Rashidan District targeted a Taliban subcommander who was believed to have coordinated direct attacks

  • Coalition servicemember killed in IED attack

    One Coalition servicemember was killed and several were injured in southern Afghanistan when their vehicle stuck an improvised explosive device at about 7 p.m. today. Coalition personnel secured the scene, and the incident is under investigation. Names and nationalities are being withheld until next

  • Winter wheat seed arrives in Zabul province

    What does it take to transport 260 metric tons of crucial winter wheat seed through Afghanistan? Zabul provincial officials know the answer--months of coordination, dozens of Afghan National Army and Police troops, a handful of flat bed trucks and, most importantly, inter-province cooperation.

  • Coalition forces kill 5 Taliban militants in Ghazni

    Coalition forces Sunday disrupted the foreign fighter network, killing five armed Taliban militants in Ghazni province. The operation in Andar District targeted a known Taliban militant believed to have been in contact with foreign fighter facilitators who coordinate terrorist activities intended to

  • 5 militants killed in Khakriz District

    Afghan National Security Forces and Coalition forces on a sweep-and-clear operation Friday were attacked by militants using small-arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire in the Khakriz District, Kandahar province. ANSF and Coalition forces responded with small-arms and RPG fire, killing five

  • Weapons cache discovered, confiscated in Oruzgan province

    Afghan National Security Forces and Coalition forces Thursday discovered and then confiscated a weapons cache in the Deh Rawood District, Oruzgan province. The cache contained 25 rockets, 29 mortar rounds, 22 rocket-propelled grenade boosters and five grenades. It was discovered during a routine