PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Spc. Joel Swenson, a combat medic from Sedro Woolley, Wash., with the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, treats a local Afghan child, Dec. 19, at Combat Outpost Deysie in Paktya province of eastern Afghanistan. The boy was hit by shrapnel after an unexploded ordinance detonated near him. (Photo by U.S. Army Pfc. Andrya Hill, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Public Affairs) PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Spc. Joel Swenson, from Sedro Woolley, Wash., and Pfc. Pete Mehall, from Trumansburg, N.Y., both combat medics with the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, treat a local Afghan child Dec. 19 at Combat Outpost Deysie in Paktya province of eastern Afghanistan. The boy was hit by shrapnel after an unexploded ordinance detonated near him. (Photo by U.S. Army Pfc. Andrya Hill, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Public Affairs)PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Pfc. Pete Mehall, a combat medic from Trumansburg, N.Y., with the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, treats a local Afghan child, Dec. 19, at Combat Outpost Deysie in the Paktya Province of eastern Afghanistan. The boy was hit by shrapnel after an unexploded ordinance detonated near him. (Photo by U.S. Army Pfc. Andrya Hill, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Public Affairs)

 

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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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