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    US ambassador to Afghanistan visits TAAC-E

    US ambassador to Afghanistan visits TAAC-E

    Photo By Maj. Jarrod Morris | A U.S. Department of State CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter carrying U.S. Ambassador to...... read more read more

    GAMBERI, AFGHANISTAN

    02.11.2015

    Story by Capt. Jarrod Morris 

    Resolute Support Headquarters

    LAGHMAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan P. Michael McKinley visited Train, Advise, Assist Command – East at Tactical Base Gamberi Feb. 11, 2015.

    McKinley’s visit served two purposes. The ambassador met with TAAC-E leaders and staff to discuss the transition from Operation Enduring Freedom to NATO’s new Resolute Support Mission, and McKinley also met with the Afghan National Army’s 201st Corps Commander Maj. Gen. Mohammad Zaman Waziri to discuss Afghan National Security Forces operations and progress in eastern Afghanistan.

    During the TAAC-E brief McKinley told the troops they are literally and figuratively on the front line with the new train, advise and assist mission in eastern Afghanistan. Under Resolute Support, the regionally-aligned TAACs are the lowest echelon of troops and designed to link Afghan corps-level security forces to the Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Interior. McKinley went on to reaffirm the importance of TAAC-E advisers’ efforts to help the ANSF become sustainable in the long term.

    At an office call at the 201st Corps headquarters on the Afghan-controlled side of TB Gamberi Waziri provided the ambassador with an update on ANSF operations and activities in eastern Afghanistan. Improving communication and coordinating efforts between Afghan and Pakistani security forces were also topics of conversation. McKinley noted the importance of border cooperation and security between Afghanistan and Pakistan to keep weapons and insurgents from flowing across the border.

    As the meeting concluded Waziri proclaimed his steadfast commitment to providing security to the people of Afghanistan and said, “I will fight to the last drop of my blood.” The statement echoes similar proclamations by ANSF leaders across Afghanistan in recent months.

    The visit to TAAC-E was McKinley’s first as ambassador since his confirmation by the Senate Dec. 9, 2014. Prior to confirmation as U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan McKinley served as Deputy Ambassador to Afghanistan from Sept. 2013 to Dec. 2014.

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    Date Taken: 02.11.2015
    Date Posted: 02.12.2015 02:00
    Story ID: 154278
    Location: GAMBERI, AF
    Hometown: FORT CAMPBELL, KY, US
    Hometown: FORT CAVAZOS, TX, US
    Hometown: FORT STEWART, GA, US
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