PAKTIA PROVINCE, Afghanistan - The Afghan National Army passes out school supplies to villagers during a combined action civil assistant mission, March 15, in Paktia province, Afghanistan. The ANA organized the mission, coordinated the movement of supplies and controlled the mission’s security element. (Photo by U.S Air Force Airman 1st Class Laura Goodgame Regional Command East Public Affairs Advisory Team) PAKTIA PROVINCE, Afghanistan - U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Stephen Thacker, a Paktika Provincial Reconstruction Team member, shakes hands with local children while on patrol during a combined force civil assistance mission to pass out school supplies in Paktia province, Afghanistan, March 15. Thacker is assigned to the 5th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery, Fort Lewis, Wash.  (Photo by U.S Air Force Airman 1st Class Laura Goodgame Regional Command East Public Affairs Advisory Team) PAKTIA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Soldiers hand out candy while on patrol during combined forces civil assistance mission to deliver school supplies to several schools in Paktia province, Afghanistan, March 15. The soldiers are assigned to the 5th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Unit, Fort Lewis, Wash. (Photo by U.S Air Force Airman 1st Class Laura Goodgame, Regional Command East Public Affairs Advisory Team) PAKTIA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Afghan children wait to receive school supplies being passed out by combined forces during a civil assistance mission in Paktia province, Afghanistan, March 15. (Photo by U.S Air Force Airman 1st Class Laura Goodgame, Regional Command East Public Affairs Advisory Team)

 

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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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