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AFGHANISTAN UPDATE



Security and Reconstruction


Coalition Joint Task Force-180 is a coalition military operation in Afghanistan with military forces from 20 coalition partner countries focused on creating the conditions for security, stability and reconstruction. Each day, CJTF-180 Public Affairs Press Center provides news and information about operations in the coalition joint operating area and about coalition partner military activities and their operations in Afghanistan.


June 6, 2003

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan; - Approximately two companies from Task Force Devil out of Kandahar re-established a cordon and search mission in the mountains between Gardez and Khowst yesterday through this morning. The Operation has been tactically named Dragon Fury II.
The operation was based on intelligence developed as a result of Operation Dragon Fury, which was conducted between Monday and Wednesday. During Dragon Fury II, anti-coalition fighters were observed firing into a crowd of civilians near a compound in an area north of the Khowst-Gardez road, wounding four.
Coalition forces killed one enemy fighter and took another person under control. Two of the wounded civilians, an adult male with gunshot wounds to his right arm and chest, and a five- to seven-year-old boy with a gunshot wound to his chest, were medically evacuated from the vicinity to the Forward Operating Base at Salerno yesterday afternoon.

They are both in critical condition. Initial reports do not indicate why the anti-coalition fighters fired at civilians.

There were three separate enemy actions that occurred in the vicinity of Asadabad yesterday. The first was the firing of a white phosphorus rocket that impacted away from the firebase. The second attack was two mortar rounds that also impacted away from the Base. The third attack was a 107mm rocket fired in the direction of the base and impacted near a girls' school close to the base. There was no report of injury or damage to equipment or property.

Three rockets were fired at the firebase near Shkin yesterday evening impacting away from the base. There were no casualties or damage to equipment.

An Afghan Military Forces soldier was medically evacuated from the vicinity of Spin Buldak to Kandahar yesterday afternoon with gunshot wounds to his left tricep, left thigh and buttocks. He underwent exploratory surgery and is in stable condition. The wounds were received during a fight between AMF and anti-coalition fighters. He is in stable condition.

June 5, 2003

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan; - In an update to yesterday's press statement: The AH-64 Apache helicopter that crash-landed Tuesday northwest of Orgun-E was destroyed in place yesterday. There was only minor damage to windows at a nearby school from the detonation. The Civil Affairs team on site is coordinating repairs.

Task Force Devil Civil Affairs personnel supported an 812th Romanian-led team in distributing 350 Humanitarian Rations and toys to the villages of Haji Mohammad Zai Kalacha and Haji Parman Kalacha, south of Kandahar, in Kandahar province yesterday.

A 25-year old Afghan male was medically evacuated from Orgun-E to Kandahar airfield with a gunshot wound to his left thigh yesterday afternoon. He is in stable condition at this time. The cause of the wound is unknown.

An Improvised Explosive Device exploded near a Special Operations Forces convoy one kilometer from the Gardez firebase yesterday morning. The convoy continued to the firebase and returned with other forces to investigate. There were no casualties and only a cracked windshield to one vehicle.

By U.S. Army Lt. Col. Douglas Lefforge

FULL UPDATE

[Darksheare]

I'm back, finally.
After helping to setup a windows XP machine...
Remind me to beat Windows XP into submission when I do upgrade to it in the future.
*sigh*

[Soaring Feather]

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[Victoria Delsoul]

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