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A group of Afghan children follow Air Force Maj. J. D. Loftis, a public information officer with Task Force Zabul's Provincial Reconstruction Team, and are surprised to find he can speak fluent Pashto, one of Afghanistan's official languages. His ability to speak to the locals in their own language instantly breaks down cultural barriers and builds trust.
Taken: 10.26.09 Posted: 10.26.09 QALAT, AF
Air Force Maj. J. D. Loftis, a public information officer with Task Force Zabul's Provincial Reconstruction team, meets with Mohammad Ashraf Nasari, the governor of Zabul province. Maj. Loftis is fluent in Pashto, the dominate language of the province, and can easily participate in government meetings with village elders to help resolve local disputes. Gov. Nasari says Maj. Loftis is so successful at interacting with Afghans because they're more inclined to open up to him once they find out h...
Taken: 10.26.09 Posted: 10.26.09 QALAT, IQ
Air Force Maj. J. D. Loftis, a public information officer with Task Force Zabul's Provincial Reconstruction Team, speaks Pashto - one of Afghanistan's official languages - to a group of young Afghan merchants at the city's main bazaar. Assigned to a PRT whose mission is to bring development, governance and security to Afghanistan, Maj. Loftis has the unique opportunity to communicate daily with his Afghan neighbors.
Taken: 10.26.09 Posted: 10.26.09 QALAT, IQ
Members of the Romanian Battle Group PRT, who are a part of the Task Force in Zabul, provide night time security to the Qalat prison in southern Afghanistan. Due to its weak infrastructure and poor management, the lockup has been the target of repeated night-time raids. The PRT Security Force's team provides cutting edge night vision and thermal technology to help detour would-be attackers.
Taken: 10.17.09 Posted: 10.17.09 Zabul, AF
Army Staff Sgt. William Brinkley, a Security Forces Soldier with the Romanian Battle Group PRT, who are a part of the Task Force in Zabul, provides perimeter security at the Qalat prison in southern Afghanistan. Home to documented Taliban insurgents, the penitentiary has become prone to recent attacks and attempted jail breaks.
Taken: 10.17.09 Posted: 10.17.09 Zabul, AF
Members of the Romanian Battle Group PRT, who are a part of the Task Force in Zabul, provide night time security to the Qalat prison in southern Afghanistan. Due to its weak infrastructure and poor management, the lockup has been the target of repeated night-time raids. The PRT Security Force's team provides cutting edge night vision and thermal technology to help detour would-be attackers.
Taken: 10.17.09 Posted: 10.17.09 Zabul, AF
Staff Sgt. Sarah Saelens, a medical technician with Task Force Zabul''s Provincial Reconstruction Team, gives out shoes to orphaned Afghan school children at a shoe drive in Qalat city in southern Afghanistan. Over 500 shoes were privately donated by local charities in Seattle, Wash.
Taken: 10.16.09 Posted: 10.22.09 Qalat, AF
Tech. Sgt. Erik Field, a Civil Engineer with Task Force Zabul''s Provincial Reconstruction Team, gives out shoes to orphaned Afghan school children to help them prepare for the upcoming winter season. Various private donors from Seattle, Wash., donated over 500 shoes to the children to make the shoe drive possible.
Taken: 10.16.09 Posted: 10.22.09 Qalat, AF
Air Force Major Elizabeth Ericson, a physician with Task Force Zabul's Provincial Reconstruction Team, checks the size of an Afghan child's feet during a military shoe drive in the southern Afghan. Over 200 children received shoes at the drive, which was specifically held for orphaned school children.
Taken: 10.16.09 Posted: 10.22.09 Qalat, AF
Air Force Capt. Richard Vermillion, a Civil Engineer with Task Force Zabul's Provincial Reconstruction Team, fits a new shoe to a local Afghan child at a military shoe drive for orphaned school children. The shoe drive gave shoes to over 200 Afghan students of Bibi Khali girl's school in the southern Afghanistan.
Taken: 10.16.09 Posted: 10.23.09 Qalat, AF
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