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  • More Afghan women attending Shuras shows progress

    More than 100 local women attended the Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team Woman's Shura in Anaba District, Aug. 4, participated in the welfare of their villages and addressed ongoing issues. Air Force Capt. Jillian Torango, Panjshir PRT, and Miriam Panjshiri, director of women's affairs,

  • Three Coalition service members killed in explosion

    Three Coalition service members were killed in an explosion while on a dismounted patrol in southern Afghanistan today. The names and nationalities of the service members are being withheld until next-of-kin notification is complete.

  • Afghan girl seriously wounded in militant attack

    Afghan National Security Forces and Coalition forces medically evacuated a 14-year-old girl who was severely injured in a Taliban grenade attack in the Khas Oruzgan district, Oruzgan province Tuesday. The girl was at home when a Taliban militant threw a grenade into her family's house. Her injuries

  • Several militants killed in Helmand province

    Afghan National Security Forces and Coalition forces killed several militants in the Nahr Surkh District, Helmand province Tuesday. An ANSF compound was attacked by militants using small-arms, rocket-propelled grenades and indirect fire. A Coalition quick reaction force aided the ANSF by engaging

  • General Schwartz to Airmen: Be proud

    On his first day after being sworn in as the Air Force chief of staff, Gen. Norton Schwartz wasted no time in getting his message out to Airmen. "The key thing we need to do is achieve stability," General Schwartz said. "At the same time, we need to focus on those things that are most important,

  • General Schwartz assumes command of Air Force

    The Air Force's 19th chief of staff spoke of mending fences and earning trust in his speech after assuming command of the service during a ceremony here Aug. 12. "Without trust, we are nothing," Gen. Norton A. Schwartz said to the crowd of about 600 people on the base's ceremonial lawn. "Trust must

  • Engineer team plans Bagram’s future

    The combined talents of 21 servicemembers and civilians comprise a Facility Engineer Team, whose task is to prepare plans and specifications, provide inspections on construction, and offer expertise for the steady flow of projects designed to improve and expand Bagram Air Field. In addition to the

  • Combined efforts thwart attacks

    Coalition forces recently patrolled a village in the Paktika province in an effort to build relationships and gain support from local villagers in a part of the country thought to be a Taliban safe haven. According to one team member, the mission was a success and they found the Afghans in a key

  • 6-4 Cavalry fends off attack

    As the sun descended in the western sky, crouching down on the jagged mountain ridges of the Nuristan province on Aug. 2, Soldiers of 2nd Team Blackfoot, 6th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment out of Fort Hood, Texas, guarded the walls of their combat outpost, scanning the rocky slopes for anti-Afghan