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  • Servicemembers strive to brighten future for Afghan youths

    Airmen and Soldiers of the Zabul Provincial Reconstruction Team are overhauling a local boy's middle and high school campus to help provide a brighter future for youths in Qalat. The team worked directly with Afghan community leaders recently to discover sustainable projects that directly improve

  • Airmen in Afghanistan welcome new MRAPs

    Airmen operating "outside the wire" in Afghanistan now have more protection from roadside bombs. The first mission-ready mine-resistance ambush-protected vehicles, or MRAPs, were delivered to 455th Air Expeditionary Wing units recently. The armor-plated MRAP vehicles are designed with raised

  • Airlift or airdrop - C-130s get the job done

    There is no such thing as a typical day for a member of the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. Day and night, twenty four hours a day, seven days a week, it's airland and airdrop. Air National Guardsmen from Rhode Island, California, and Maryland are here making

  • More than 220 militants killed in ongoing operation

    Afghan National Security Forces and Coalition forces killed more than 220 militants during operations in Helmand province, Aug. 25-30. ANSF and Coalition forces were attacked repeatedly by militants with small-arms and heavy-weapons fire during multiple engagements. The soldiers responded with

  • Militants detained, killed in Paktika province

    Two militants were detained and one was killed during a Coalition forces' operation to disrupt militant activities in Paktika province, Wednesday. Coalition forces searched compounds in Gayan District targeting an individual affiliated with anti-coalition militant leaders facilitating the movement

  • Coalition service member killed in southern Afghanistan

    A Coalition service member was killed while conducting a patrol in southern Afghanistan, Wednesday. The name and nationality of the service member is being withheld until next of kin notification is complete. This incident is under investigation.

  • Unmanned aircraft crashes in Paktika province

    A Coalition forces' unmanned aerial vehicle crashed earlier today in the Yosof Khail District of Paktika province, today. The aerial vehicle used for reconnaissance suffered a mechanical malfunction causing its parachute to deploy and crash. The aircraft was recovered and taken to a nearby forward

  • Governors, election commission discuss upcoming election for eastern region

    The governors and election representatives of Nuristan, Konar, Laghman and Nangarhar provinces met with the National Independent Election Commission for a regional conference, Aug. 24, in Jalalabad City to discuss the security plans for the upcoming election season. The focus of the Governor's

  • Coalition forces detain militants in Paktika province

    Four militants were detained, including a targeted individual, during a Coalition forces operation to disrupt militant activities in Paktika province, Tuesday. Coalition forces searched a compound in Barmal District targeting a militant facilitating the movement of foreign fighters and weapons from