FOB FARAH, Afghanistan - Today members from Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Farah, Italian led Transition Support Unit South (TSU South), Regional Command West (RC West) and local Afghan Provincial leaders met officially transferring ownership of Forward Operating Base (FOB) Farah, Afghanistan over to the Afghan Government.
In a ceremony held on the FOB, Commanders from PRT Farah, TSU South, RC West and Farah Provincial Governor Mohammad Omer Sherzad all spoke before signing documentation releasing control of the nine-year old base to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA).
Established in September 2004, PRT Farah was the first United States led PRT to come under International Security Assistance Force...
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