Story by Sgt. Eric Provost | 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Public Affairs | 11.20.2013
Torkham, a town that sits on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, is arguably the most important economic waypoint in either country and it is the duty of the Afghan Border Police and Afghan Customs Police to protect it....
Story by Sgt. Margaret Taylor | 129th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 05.31.2013
While soldiers on a team usually have all gone through the same military training to prepare them for their mission, each one brings his or her own talents and interests to the table....
Story by Spc. Margaret Taylor | 129th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 04.24.2013
The Khyber Pass, one of the most well-known portions of the historic Silk Road trade Route through South and Central Asia, has been of military commercial significance for centuries....
Story by Sgt. 1st Class John Brown | 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs | 01.27.2013
Members of the Bastogne Female Engagement Team, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, sat down with female members of the Afghan Uniformed Police and Afghan Border Police to develop a greater understanding of the roles women play within the AUP and ABP in Nangarhar province Jan. 19 at the ABP Zone 1 compound in Jalalabad, Afghanistan....
Story by Sgt. Jon Heinrich | 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs | 12.23.2012
Torkham Gate is one of Afghanistan’s busiest gates along the country’s border with Pakistan.
Story by Staff Sgt. Tiffany Evans | 11th Public Affairs Detachment | 03.20.2012
As the 1st Cavalry Division ends it time in charge of Regional Command-East. U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Daniel B. Allyn, commander of RC-East and Combined Joint Task Force-1, took time to share his opinions on the last year and give advice to the incoming team....
Story by Spc. Hillary Rustine | Combined Joint Task Force 1 - Afghanistan | 05.21.2011
In the cool of the morning, Tahveed Jan wakes up in Pakistan. He makes his way to the local taxi station to find one that will take him to Torkham Gate. After riding to the gate, he gets out to walk across the bridge from Pakistan through the dusty, smog-covered road to Afghanistan. Avoiding Jinga trucks and honking cars, Afghan border police and U.S. Army soldiers work together to process......
Story by Staff Sgt. Ryan Matson | Combined Joint Task Force 101 | 03.12.2011
The scene at Torkham Gate in eastern Afghanistan the morning of March 7 was comparable to that of a city at rush hour in the United States....
