Khost PRT Winning the Fight in Afghanistan, By Pfc. Micah E. Clare serves with 4th Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs

Photo By Giancarlo Casem | U.S. service members pose for a group photo to commemorate the 500,000th Rest and Recuperation passenger at the Third Army/U.S. Army Central Life Support Area, June 11.  

KHOST, AFGHANISTAN

06.11.2007

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Provincial Reconstruction Team Khost

FORWARD OPERATING BASE SALERNO, Afghanistan -- Less than 10 miles from training camps that produced many of the 9/11 hijackers, a team of coalition service members are working together to make sure the area once home to Osama Bin Laden's terrorist organization becomes an environment that will deny such people a support base ever again.

But for this joint service team, spearheading the fight against terrorism in eastern Afghanistan's Khowst province doesn't involve executing tactical military operations, but in providing reconstruction assistance.

The Khowst Provincial Reconstruction Team, based in Forward Operating Base Chapman near Khowst City, serves as the main effort in rebuilding Khowst province by distributing humanitarian aid, mentoring local government officials, planning for construction projects and providing security for important events, said Cmdr. Dave Adams, commander of the Khowst PRT.

• Date Taken: 06.11.2007
• Date Posted: 06.11.2007 15:36
• Story ID: 10775
• Location: KHOST, AF