Story by Spc. Tyffani Collins | NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan | 07.25.2013
Insurgents fired several 82mm mortars towards Khakrez District Center, close to the country’s third holiest site, Shah Agha Shrine, in Darvishan village, Khakrez district, Kandahar province, July 25....
Story by Capt. Jennifer Dyrcz | 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division | 03.21.2013
Afghan and U.S. soldiers gathered on March 20, to celebrate the beginning of Nowruz, the Afghan New Year, over a traditional meal hosted by the 2nd Kandak, 3rd Brigade, 205th Corps Afghan National Army....
Story by Sgt. Richard Sherba | 11th Public Affairs Detachment | 03.25.2012
Nowruz, the Afghan New Year, is a day of celebration and new beginnings. What better way to bring in 1391 than with an inaugural ceremony inducting Afghan National Army soldiers into the corps of non-commissioned officers....
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Richard Wolff | ISAF Regional Command North | 03.22.2012
Amid tight security from Afghan National Defense Forces, the Nowruz, or “New Day,” opening ceremonies welcomed in the 1391 New Year here March 20, 2012. Mazar-e Sharif holds the largest of the country-wide festivities every year marking the vernal (spring) equinox....
Story by Staff Sgt. Robert Storm | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 03.21.2012
Marines and sailors with Regimental Combat Team 6 celebrated the Afghan New Year, Nowruz, with Afghan citizens and soldiers at the base chapel on Tuesday....
Courtesy Story | ISAF Regional Command North | 03.20.2012
Nowruz, or “New Day,” marks the beginning of the new year in Afghanistan. Regional Command North Commander Maj. Gen. Erich Pfeffer issued the following message in regards to Nowruz, which also marks the first day of spring....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Renee Crisostomo | Regional Support, NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan / Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan | 03.20.2012
Afghan National Policemen and recruits celebrated the Afghan new year, or Nowruz, in a dining facility, turned into a music and dance room, at the Regional Police Training Center in Kandahar, March 20....
Story by Spc. Michael Broughey | 1st Battalion, 181st Infantry Regiment | 03.26.2011
The Ud Khel High School reopened its doors for the new school year following the March 21 celebration of Nowruz, the new year holiday in Afghanistan and other parts of the region....
