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Starting from today, International Security Assistance Force’s steady presence to support the Afghan National Security Force and protect the local population in the districts of Gulistan, Bakwah and Pur Chaman will be implemented by Italian troops of Regional Command West, which took over the area of operations from Georgian units belonging to Regional Command Southwest. [...]

On the occasion of Ramadan, Badghis’ Governor – Delbar Jan Arman – will deliver humanitarian aid to the 50 families most in need in the province’s capital. The aid, consisting of 150 bags of rice of 25 kilograms each, 150 bags of flour weighing 150 kg each and 150 3 liter-jugs of oil, was provided [...]

Herat, 30 August 2010 – An important ‘District Stability’ Operation was conducted over 6 days by the ANSF with the support of the Italian PRT and RC-W’s troops in Chest-e-Sharif, a remote district located 140 km from Herat. The operation consisted in a number of Key Leaders Engagements with formal and informal authorities to discuss [...]

KABUL, Afghanistan (August 26) – A joint team of Afghan and International Security Assistance Force officials departed Kabul today to perform an initial assessment of the shooting incident in western Afghanistan Wednesday. The shooting left two ISAF servicemembers, one Afghan National Police member and one civilian interpreter dead. A demonstration of local residents occurred after [...]

Two international soldiers were among four people killed in a shooting in western Afghanistan on Wednesday, NATO said. An Afghan police official, two International Security Assistance Force soldiers and one civilian were killed in the incident in Badghis province. The cause of the shooting was still unclear, the NATO-led force said in a statement. Initial [...]

Twenty-one former insurgents turned in their weapons to Afghan authorities in Qal’ah-ye Now, the capital of Badghis province, Sunday. Afghan officials issued each insurgent a reintegration certificate. Reintegration is an Afghan-led effort where low- to mid-level fighters can be welcomed back into their communities by renouncing violence against the Afghan government and international supporters. They [...]

An Afghan and coalition force conducted operations in Farah province Friday while in pursuit of a Taliban foreign fighter facilitator. The facilitator is known to traffic foreign fighters and weapons from Iran and associate with senior Taliban and Al Qaeda leadership. During the operation, six insurgents were killed and several suspected insurgents were detained. Also [...]

Three groundbreaking ceremonies for three new schools to be built by the Italian Provincial Reconstruction Team were respectively held in the districts of Injil, Karokh e Shindand. The number of schools constructed by Herat’s PRT from is constitution has reached 60, with over 80,000 pupils attending classes. The projects will be implemented also thanks to [...]

A vehicle carrying five Afghan civilians struck an improvised explosive device (IED) in Herat province yesterday, killing an adult male and a 4-year-old boy and wounding an adult female. “Regardless of culture or creed, there is no honor in indiscriminately targeting women, children and other innocent people,” said Marine Sgt. Brian Kester, a Combined Joint [...]

A groundbreaking ceremony was held few days ago in Herat for a new well for nomadic Kuchi Tribe. U.S. Army Col. Allen S. Baker, USFOR-A Detachment West Commander; Ahmad Yusef Nuristani, Herat Provincial Governor; and a number of Afghan representatives attended the ceremony. Baker said the well represents a possible turning point in the lives [...]