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  • Multiple militants killed in Kapisa province

    Multiple militants were killed by Coalition forces during an operation to disrupt militant activities in Kapisa province, Saturday. The force searched a remote area in Tag Ab District targeting a senior Taliban commander smuggling weapons and foreign fighters into Afghanistan, as well as organizing

  • Deployed SARC offers victims options, support

    With General Order 1-B prohibiting the consumption of alcohol and restricting Air Force personnel from entering the living spaces of members of the opposite sex, the likelihood of sexual assaults is reduced here. Unfortunately, incidents still take place. When they do, the Air Force Sexual Assault

  • Native Panjshir family donates land for girl’s school

    A small group of people were on hand for a ground-breaking ceremony for the $130,000 Haish Saidqi eight-room schoolhouse, Aug. 20, on a hillside overlooking the picturesque stepped farmlands of Rokha District, Panjshir province, Afghanistan. Among those in attendance at the ceremony were Hajji

  • Update: Taliban commander killed in clash with ANSF, Coalition forces

    Coalition forces are aware of allegations that the engagement in the Shindad District of Herat province Friday may have resulted in civilian casualties. All allegations of civilian casualties are taken very seriously. Coalition forces make every effort to prevent the injury or loss of innocent

  • Coalition service member dies in eastern Afghanistan

    A Coalition service member was killed during an IED incident today in eastern Afghanistan. The name and nationality of the service member is being withheld until next-of-kin notification is complete.

  • Taliban commander killed in clash with ANSF and Coalition forces

    Afghan National Army Commandos and Coalition forces on patrol were ambushed by insurgents in the Shindand District of Herat province today. The combined patrol was en route to a Taliban commander's compound in an effort to detain him and other known insurgents in the area. Insurgents engaged the

  • Militants operations disrupted in eastern Afghanistan

    Multiple militants were killed and one was detained by Coalition forces during an operation to disrupt militant activities in Kapisa province, Thursday. The force searched a compound in Tag Ab District targeting a Taliban commander smuggling weapons and foreign fighters into Afghanistan, as well as

  • PRT proving ingenuity is all it takes to make a difference

    In a country where the reality is that parents will have to bury one of their children before the age of 5, members of a coalition provisional reconstruction team at Zabul are working to reverse this staggering trend. After two Air Force medical professionals spent some time on the ground in

  • Pave Hawks prove vital for medical evacuations

    Flares and courage. When the Army's DUSTOFF medics take to the Afghan skies for a medical evacuation this is all they are equipped with. Sometimes flares and courage are not enough though. Under certain weather conditions, the UH-60 Black Hawks used by the Army are unable to perform medical

  • Coalition Forces detain militants in Khowst

    One militant was killed and two were detained Monday during a Coalition forces operation to disrupt militant activities in Khowst province. Coalition forces searched a compound in the Tani District targeting a militant known to facilitate IED attacks on Afghan and Coalition forces. During the