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KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan and international security forces captured a Taliban commander in Kandahar yesterday after searching a vehicle in the village of Samankhel, in the Darman district.
In a separate operation in Kandahar, an Afghan-international security force captured a Taliban facilitator and other militants last night. The facilitator was directly involved in the acquisition of weapons, ammunition and IEDs.
In another operation, during a search of a compound in Khowst, an Afghan-international security force captured a Haqqani terrorist network facilitator and other militants who are responsible for preparing and coordinating the movement of weapons, ammunition, IED's and the use of suicide bombers.
Also in Khost, an Afghan-international security force detained a suspected militant while searching for another Haqqani facilitator last night in the village of Ghundey in the Nedir Shah Kot district.
No Afghan citizens were harmed during any of these operations.
Infrastructure projects, humanitarian mission underway in Laghman province
The Laghman Agri-Business Development Team is supervising an ongoing construction project and assisting in a humanitarian aid mission in Laghman province.
The Laghman team partnered with villagers, who are training to become carpenters, to construct a barn on the research and demonstration farm in the village of Mehtar Lam.
The project will improve the carpenter's ability to work on construction projects throughout the region.
In order to ensure proper construction methods are used by the local Afghans, building techniques are taught in English, Dari and Pashto.
The aspiring Afghan carpenters received a donated set of hand tools, which were contributed by several U.S. businesses and friends of the Laghman ADT.
Each carpenter was presented with his own tool bag, tool belt, hammer, pry bar, square, gloves and other essential tools.
In addition to assisting local tradesmen in a construction project, the Laghman ADT and the Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team performed a humanitarian assistance mission involving the only orphanage in the province.
The orphanage is home to approximately 300 girls and 50 boys. The children attend school, but they do not receive the same support for education that regular schools do across the province.
"Coalition forces along with their Afghan partners are happy to do whatever we can to help educate young people in the region," said U.S. Army Maj. T.G. Taylor, Task Force Mountain Warrior Public Affairs. "Education is important to insure a prosperous and peaceful future of the region."
For photos to support this story or more information about CJTF-82 visit their web site at http://www.cjtf82.com/
| Date Taken: | 01.10.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 01.10.2010 07:52 |
| Story ID: | 43623 |
| Location: | KABUL, AF |
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