PAKTIKA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Paratroopers from 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, prepare to enter and search a housing compound in a village in Paktika province, Afghanistan, Nov. 14. The Soldiers’ mission was to search buildings and homes for weapons and insurgents. (Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Warren W. Wright, Jr., 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment) PAKTIKA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Paratroopers from 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, drop a nontoxic chemical light down a well during a search for weapons and insurgents in a village housing compound, Paktika province, Afghanistan, Nov. 14. (Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Warren W. Wright, Jr., 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)PAKTIKA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – A platoon leader from 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team 25th Infantry Division, waits for a helicopter extraction after tossing a smoke grenade to mark his team’s pick up location during a mission in Paktika province, Afghanistan, Nov. 14. The 501st PIR Paratroopers’ objective was to search area homes and buildings for weapons insurgents. (Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Warren W. Wright, Jr., 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

 

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Task Force Spartan mechanics train Afghan counterparts

 

PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan- Fourteen members of the Afghan Border Police and Afghan Uniform Police received certificates of  completion for a five-week maintenance and recovery course from vehicle mechanics assigned to Headquarters Company, 725th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, Task Force Warrior on Forward Operating Base Gardez, March 15.

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Coalition, Afghan forces clear Salang Pass

 

PARWAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan –Record snow falls in Afghanistan have resulted in several fatal avalanches and left some vital travel corridors blocked by tons of snow. One of those critical routes, the Salang Pass, which connects northern and southern Afghanistan, became nearly unusable.

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Cross-border alliance builds partnership

NANGARHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – On the porous border of Afghanistan, knowing your enemy is one way to win the fight. Knowing your ally can increase those odds.

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Cross-border alliance builds partnership

NANGARHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – On the porous border of Afghanistan, knowing your enemy is one way to win the fight. Knowing your ally can increase those odds.

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