QALA I NAW, Afghanistan – The Spanish Contingent of ISAF Regional Command West handed over to the 207th Corps of the Afghan National Army the base of Ludina, in the northwestern province of Badghis.
The formal handover ceremony - which marked an important step in the transition process in the western region of Afghanistan - was attended by the deputy provincial governor, Camarudin Shekeb, and by Gen. Wafad Dawood Shah, commanding the 3rd brigade of the 207th Corps, along with Brig. Gen. Jose Antonio Alonso Miranda, Chief of the Spanish Light Infantry Airborne Brigade Galicia VII (BRILAT), accompanied by Colonel Fernando García González-Valerio, commanding the Spanish forces deployed in Qala i Naw.
The Afghan flag was raised for the first time in Ludina, while the Spanish ensign, after having been solemnly lowered, will be transferred and kept to the Museum of the Army in Toledo, Spain.
| Date Taken: | 02.23.2013 |
| Date Posted: | 02.23.2013 08:47 |
| Story ID: | 102445 |
| Location: | QALA I NAW, AF |
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