Combined Joint Task Force-101
Operation Enduring Freedom
U.S. Forces respond during Monday’s attack on helicopter
Friday, 31 October 2008
KABUL, Afghanistan – U.S. forces assigned to the International Security
Assistance Force in Regional Command – East killed 12 militants Monday
and detained one while...
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Afghan, Coalition forces kill one militant, detain seven others in East Afghanistan
Friday, 31 October 2008
KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan and Coalition forces killed one armed
militant and detained seven suspected militants during combined
operations, targeting the Taliban and...
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News From NATO
ISAF
French soldiers return to the Nijrab Forward Operating Base after
completing a security patrol in Kapisa province, August 2008
Credit: Photo by © PHILIPPE DE POULPIQUET / Le Parisien
Afghanistan, ISAF place first stone for new school
Ghulam Hazrattanah, chief of the Education Department, and Colonel Luca Covelli, chief of ISAF’s Herat Provincial Reconstruction Team, place the first stone for a new high school. (High resolution photo)
KABUL, Afghanistan - A ceremony inaugurating the work put towards a new 16-room high school took place on the morning of 31 October in Herat city.
Zabul leaders comment on ‘Strong Food’ successes
Zabul
Governor Delbar Jan Arman holds a sample of “strong food,” while Dr.
Zamarai Sultan, Zabul’s nutrition officer, shows recent statistics on
children under the age of five with severe malnutrition. (High resolution photo)
KABUL, Afghanistan - Health clinic doctors in Zabul province are rallying against malnutrition thanks to ingenuity and ISAF support.
Dr. Zamarai Sultan, Zabul provincial nutrition officer, raised an issue at a monthly provincial health coordination centre meeting.
“A few months ago, we discussed the situation in Zabul: We saw a lot of children faced with malnutrition,” he explained. “Some people in the meeting offered to take on the project, but nothing came of it. We asked Dr. Arnold, who is a physician with the Zabul Provincial Reconstruction Team. He accepted our invitation and managed to revive this project.’’
ISAF provides veterinary care to nomadic tribes
U.S.
Air Force Staff Sergeant Don Elias de-worms livestock during a
veterinary medical outreach conducted by ISAF’s Zabul Provincial
Reconstruction Team. (High resolution photo)
U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Don Elias de-worms livestock during a veterinary medical outreach conducted by ISAF’s Zabul Provincial Reconstruction Team on 17 October.
ISAF PRT’s ‘strong food’ saves malnourished children
Captain (Dr.) James Arnold shows medical professionals from the Zabul province how to make “strong food.” (High resolution photo)
KABUL, Afghanistan - It might be hard to imagine something as sweet as the center of a peanut butter cup saving lives. But thanks to the ingenuity of ISAF’s Zabul Provincial Reconstruction Team medical staff, a four-week regiment of its “strong food” has brought hundreds of malnourished Afghan children back to health.
Uruzgan governor builds on success
Uruzgan
Governor Assadullah Hamdam talks with elders in the Mirabad Valley
here. They discussed how to continue following the recent success of
Operation Bor Barakai. (High resolution photo)
KABUL, Afghanistan - Uruzgan Governor Assadullah Hamdam took the opportunity following the recent success of Operation Bor Barakai (Tornado) to enhance the influence of the Afghan authorities in the Mirabad Valley.
From Bagram Air Base
A-10 crewchiefs making it happen
Senior Airman Benjamin Connery, 455th
Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron A-10 crewchief, talks to
the pilot of his A-10 Thunderbolt II at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan,
Oct. 18. Crewchiefs play a vital -- if often overlooked -- role in the
war on terror, enabling aircraft to launch daily to support coalition
forces on the ground. Airman Connery is deployed from the 23rd Aircraft
Maintenance Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Ga., and hails from
Cashmere, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel
Morse/Released) 
Coalition servicemember killed in eastern Afghanistan
from U.S. Forces Afghanistan
10/31/2008 - KABUL, Afghanistan -- A Coalition servicemember was killed by small-arms fire today in eastern Afghanistan.
The incident is under investigation.
The name and nationality of the servicemember are being withheld until next of kin are notified.
Afghan and Coalition forces target Taliban and Haqqani foreign fighter network
from U.S. Forces Afghanistan
10/31/2008 - KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan
and Coalition forces detained three suspected militants during
operations to disrupt the Taliban and Haqqani foreign fighter networks
in Khost and Zabul province, Thursday.
Conducting a combined operation, Afghan and Coalition forces searched
compounds in Khost District, targeting a Haqqani associate believed to
facilitate the movement of foreign fighters into Afghanistan. The
forces searched the compounds without incident, detaining one suspected
militant.
A second combined operation, also conducted by Afghan and Coalition
forces, resulted in the force detaining two suspected militants, while
targeting the Taliban's foreign fighter network in Zabul province.
From the Navy
USS Robert G. Bradley Preps for AFRICOM Deployment
Story Number: NNS081030-05
Release Date: 10/30/2008 5:59:00 AM
By Ensign Joshua Cowart, USS Robert G. Bradley Public Affairs
MAYPORT, Fla. (NNS) -- As the end of October approaches, the guided-missile frigate USS Robert G. Bradley (FFG 49) is bustling with final pre-deployment preparations, as the crew prepares for what will be, perhaps, the most unique deployment of their naval careers.
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Bradley will depart its homeport of Mayport near the end of November
for a routinely scheduled deployment to Africa Command (AFRICOM). On
deployment, Bradley will conduct theater security cooperation missions
to help African nations improve their security capacity. The crew will
also train forces, of the many African nations they visit, in visit,
board, search and seizure (VBSS) operations. VBSS teams are tasked with
boarding and securing suspect vessels, conducting searches, obtaining
intelligence and detaining persons of interest. Bradley's VBSS teams
will help train security forces and naval boarding teams in this vital
warfare area, thus allowing African countries to deter piracy in their
waters.
In addition to training, service members will participate in community relations opportunities. Bradley Sailors will help strengthen the bonds of friendship and trust between the United States and the many nations of Africa by helping communities and showing African citizens that Americans take great interest in and care about their welfare. More....
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