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NURISTAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – The roads of Afghanistan can be treacherous paths to travel but the Nuristan Provincial Reconstruction Team and local construction workers, who travel them daily, are doing their best to improve them.
The Nuristan PRT assessed the ongoing construction of a road running from Titin to Kordar Aug. 22, which will eventually run through the rest of the Nuristan province.
The construction of the road, an Afghanistan engineer district managed project, began in June 2006 and will make it easier and more safe for Afghan national security forces and coalition forces to conduct their security patrols and expand the number of troops present in the area.
During this trip, the Nuristan PRT and Company C, 1st Battalion, 158th Infantry Regiment, Soldiers found themselves stuck with the tires of one Humvee within an inch of the edge of the road, looking down the side of a cliff, as it disintegrated beneath them.
As the sun started to go down, it was time to get the truck moved before it got dark. Army 2nd Lt. Jonathan Reabe, from Whiteland, Ind., of Co. C., 1st Bn. 158th Infantry, decided to put the Humvee on jacks and manipulating the front wheels so he could turn away from the eroding mountain and drive the vehicle out of danger.
This episode further emphasized the importance of improving the roads in the province.
"A road through the area will allow the villages along the road easier access to government services and commerce, and it will facilitate economic growth in the area," said Navy Lt. Stanley Lam, of Seattle, Wash., with the Nuristan PRT.
| Date Taken: | 09.01.2007 |
| Date Posted: | 09.04.2007 11:00 |
| Story ID: | 12147 |
| Location: | NURISTAN PROVINCE, AF |
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