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PRT beautifies Afghan girl's school
Partnering with Zabul Province government officials, Airmen from Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul are making school life more pleasant by overseeing improvements for 1,200 Afghan high school and...
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Paktika PRT SECFOR: All roads lead home
The list of hometowns reads like an I-85/I-26 roadmap: Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg, Waterloo. Regardless of their individual starting points, they are together here, making a difference in...
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CMSAF visits Kandahar Airfield
The American Provincial Reconstruction Team in Zabul hosted Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Roy during a foot patrol in Qalat city to visit a girls high school and local merchants June 27....
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Cub Scouts interview ANP officer
With the help of social media, military members overseas are able to easily keep in touch with family and friends back home. Although many service members take advantage of the capability, it is a rare...
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ALP program starting in Shah Joy
Zabul Provincial leaders held a shura, or meeting, in Shah Joy, Jan. 26, with district officials and elders to announce the start of the first Afghan Local Police program in the province. Zabul Deputy...
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Afghan midwives discuss planned parenting methods with AF medic
On a semi-regular schedule, a female medic dons her body armor, helmet and weapon to walk 200 yards to the local hospital in Qalat City. These trips to the hospital encourage the midwives to have open...
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PRT Zabul's Gridiron: Feeding the Fight
(Editor's note: This is the second in a seven-part series of stories detailing the structure of provincial reconstruction teams.) FORWARD OPERATING BASE SMART, Afghanistan -- Tantalizing scents trail...
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PRT Zabul's Gridiron: SECFOR allows PRT Airmen to focus on goodwill
(Editor's note: This is the third in a seven-part series of stories detailing the structure of provincial reconstruction teams.) The Zabul Provincial Reconstruction Team Security Forces element...
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Shura brings governor, local elders together for peaceful talk
The governor of Zabul province traveled to a town on the Pakistan border to discuss effective ways to resolve outstanding issues and address new concerns the local elders have here. Governor Ashraf...
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PRT Zabul's Gridiron: Comm Airmen keep PRT 'linked in'
(Editor's note: This is the fourth in a seven-part series of stories detailing the structure of provincial reconstruction teams.) Communication, an essential requirement for the Zabul Provincial...
View ArticlePRT Zabul's Gridiron: Female medic sees patients of all nationalities, services
(Editor's note: This is the fifth in a seven-part series of stories detailing the structure of provincial reconstruction teams.) An Air Force medic deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom to...
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Qalat mullahs meet with Jordanian, UK Imams
The governor of Zabul province welcomed imams from the United Kingdom and Jordan for a mullah shura with the local elders to discuss leveraging the true meaning of Islam against the terrorist threat of...
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PRT Zabul's Gridiron: Airmen keep tactical vehicles roadworthy
(Editor's note: This is the sixth in a seven-part series of stories detailing the structure of provincial reconstruction teams.) Today's high-end vehicles require more than just simple mechanics. Their...
View ArticlePRT Zabul's Gridiron: Airmen have bird's eye view of ongoing ops
(Editor's note: This is the final in a seven-part series of stories detailing the structure of provincial reconstruction teams.) A room off of the main building of the Provincial Reconstruction Team...
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PRT Paktya Airmen serve in dual roles while deployed
Deployments are a way of life for many members of the U.S. military, some more than others. Senior Airmen Robert Finstad, of Roosevelt, Ariz., and Robert Lane, of San Antonio, use their unique skills...
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PRT Paktya visits Ahmad Abad district center and market
Air Force members of Provincial Reconstruction Team Paktya visited Ahmad Abad, Afghanistan, to gauge the local economy and security in the area. The team met with local leaders and interacted with...
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Air Force mechanics a 'driving force' behind Laghman PRT success
A trio of Air Force vehicle maintainers have a major impact on efforts to bring peace, prosperity and justice to the people of Laghman province in eastern Afghanistan. That is according to the Laghman...
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Provincial shura inaugurates new governor's compound
More than 1,500 Afghans attended an inauguration ceremony at the new governor's compound and jirga meeting hall for the opening of the first provincial sports center, here, in eastern Afghanistan Oct....
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Afghan women learn first aid
Thirteen Afghan women received life-saving first aid training at a provincial women's development center shura (meeting) held in Paktya province, Nov. 1. U.S. service members assigned to the Paktya...
View ArticleAirmen and Afghan villagers work together to repair well
U.S. Airmen and local Afghan elders gathered around a broken water well in the heart of a small village outside of Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Together they traded ideas on how to fix the pump and...
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