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Training mission still lags in Afghanistan

COMBAT OUTPOST ZORMAT, Afghanistan -- Here in Afghanistan's Paktya Province, the Afghan National Army and the Afghan National Police have a history of bad blood. The two sides shot it out in a gunbattle last year where the chief of...


Women with the Texas Guard in Afghanistan

FORWARD OPERATING BASE GHAZNI, Afghanistan - Along with 50 men, there are two women with the Texas National Guard's Agri-business Development Team. Sgt. Gabriela Flores of Houston handles the unit's payroll and other finances. Lt. Nicole Teasdale of Austin is...


Day in the life of the Texas National Guard Agri-business Development Team

GHAZNI, Afghanistan - The Texas National Guard Agri-business Development Team toured several sites in Ghazni Tuesday. It was a reminder of how hard it is to do anything in this country. The trip involved visits to a site for a...


Police still the weak link in Afghan security

FORWARD OPERATING BASE GHAZNI, Afghanistan - One year ago, I was here in Ghazni Province visiting a U.S. Army team training the Afghan police. Capt. Robert Bailey of Plano lead a team of eight trainers who were trying to help...


Polish commander stresses nation building

FORWARD OPERATING BASE GHAZNI, Afghanistan - NATO's top soldier in Ghazni Province is a swaggering colonel of the Polish Army who talks of keeping the talons sharp of his Task Force White Eagle. "The Taliban, they will not sleep well,"...


Texas Guardsman's greening plan for Afghanistan

FORWARD OPERATING BASE GHAZNI, Afghanistan - Afghanistan is a naked country. The mountains, the fields, the valleys - they all seem denuded of grasses or trees. What you see in all directions is dirt, sand and rock. So when...

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