Afghan National Security Forces partnered with coalition forces, conducted a two-day air assault operation, Sept. 12-14, to disrupt insurgent networks in the area, while being engaged multiple times by insurgent small-arms fire, then detaining one insurgent, and killing another.
An enemy insurgent team was killed, and their weapons destroyed, after coalition forces observed the team firing an 82mm recoilless rifle towards a coalition forces' base near Ghariban Sept. 11.
The Soviet occupation damaged Afghanistan's universities, and the reign of the Taliban nearly destroyed them. On Sept. 22, the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team helped the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Afghanistan Engineer District-South repair some of that damage by delivering $120,000 worth of engineering text books to Kandahar University.
Soldiers from 2nd Platoon, Troop C, 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, and their Afghan National Army and police counterparts visited the remote village of Kwajangur for the first time June 6.
More than 2,000 Afghan citizens attended the Voice of Peace Shura, held in the Chamkani District of Paktya province, June 10, despite attempts by militants to disrupt this gathering.
