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Political, religious leaders attend workshop in Helmand

Courtesy Story | ISAF Joint Command | Date: 08.14.2010

More than 150 of Helmand's political and religious elite attended the inaugural Helmand workshop at the provincial Government Center in the provincial capital of Lashkar Sunday. Read More

Accounting Command members receive remains from local government officials

Story by Master Sgt. Cohen Young | Defense Media Activity – Hawaii News Bureau | Date: 08.13.2010

Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command members receive remains from local government officials while in Tarawa, Republic of Kiribati on August 11, 2010. Read More

DDC holds first Jurga

Story by Airman 1st Class Robert Hicks | 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Public Affairs | Date: 08.07.2010

In the beginning of July, the Dand District Center in the Kandahar province was officially recognized as a district by the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. With this type of government recognition comes... Read More

Corruption Battle Continues in Afghanistan

Story by Ian Graham | Office of the Secretary of Defense Public Affairs | Date: 08.05.2010

It can't be shot, it can't be destroyed with a mortar or rocket-propelled grenade, and most of the time it can't even be seen. But corruption within police and military units is one of the biggest threats facing... Read More

Congress members visit troops at FOB Lightning

Story by Sgt. Spencer Case | Combined Joint Task Force 101 | Date: 08.02.2010

Five members of the House Armed Services Committee, on a whirlwind tour of Afghanistan, spent about three and a half hours with U.S. troops at remote Forward Operating Base Lightning, Paktya province, Aug. 2. Read More