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  • Rebuilt Afghan School Brightens Youths' Future

    01/16/2004 11:27:15 AM PST · by Calpernia · 12 replies · 174+ views
    Special to American Forces Press Service ^ | Jan. 16, 2004 | By Staff Sgt. Johnny A. Thompson, USA
    The $72,000 cost to rebuild Meanshakh High School was worth a million dollars – if the looks of excitement and gratitude on students' faces factored in. That's how members of the Coalition Joint Civil-Military Operations Task Force and the Parwan Provincial Reconstruction Team attending the reopening ceremony of the rebuilt Meanshakh High School here Jan. 14 saw it. "It is a great honor and pleasure to witness the opening of this much-needed school," said Army Col. Mackey Hancock, task force commander and a ceremony guest speaker. "The completion of this facility improves the educational capabilities of not only this community,...