Afghan, French headquarters deployed side by side
ANA BG Emam Nazar, 3rd Infantry Brigade commander, 201st Corps, and French BG Jean-Francois Hogard, TF Lafayette commander, talk about the success of Bison Playoff II Nov. 21-24. (click for more)
ADT visits Paktya women’s center, university, farm
U.S. Army Spc. Mandy Kennedy from Ellsworth, Wis., 2-45th ADT education specialist, hands out items to Afghan girls during a stop at a farm in Gardez Dec. 4. (click for more)
PRT attends shura, helps Afghans in Tandan Village
U.S. Army Pfc. Cheryl Baldridge from Prague, Okla., 2-45 Oklahoma Agribusiness Development Team, examines an Afghan child's donkey at Tandan village Dec. 4. (click for more)
Iowa ADT assesses local farms
An Afghan girl looks up from cutting parsley from a small plot during a foot patrol near FOB Wright by the Iowa National Guard’s 734th ADT Nov. 30. (click for more)
Army medics help boy back on his feet
Pfc. Deana Hilburn talks with Abas at the Aid Station on FOB Fenty. Hilburn and the other medics assigned to the 426th BSB have been treating Abas for severe burns (click for more)
Turning pain into progress: Kunar women’s rights movement gains momentum, support
Some 80 Afghan women gather for the Women’s Justice Shura at the Kunar Ministry of Culture and Information Nov. 30. (click for more)
ADT, PRT, coalition partners meet with leaders in Jaghori District
U.S. Army Sgt. Katherine Williams, Ghazni Texas ADT-IV’s FET, shares a smile with girls living at a local orphanage in the Jaghori District Center while delivering winter supplies. (click for more)
Legal library opens in Salang District Center
U.S. Army Capt. Adam Bushey and U.S. Army Sgt. Erin Pickett, both with TF Wolverine, stock the selves of the newly dedicated law library in the Salang District Center here (click for more)
Kentucky ADT provides training in animal medicine to Afghan students
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Sherry Graham, a 62nd Medical Brigade veterinarian, assisted by Dr. Mohammad Nahim Sharif, a veterinary professor and students from Alberoni University, dissect a sheep Nov. 26. (click for more)
Kentucky ADT attends as 25 women graduate from poultry class
U.S. Army Maj. Bobbie Mayes, Women’s Empowerment coordinator with the Kentucky ADT, greets a teacher from the Agency for Building a New Afghanistan during a visit to the Kapisa Directors (click for more)










PARWAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – The Afghan Ministry of Information and Culture held a dedication ceremony for a legal library in the Salang District Center here Nov. 30. The legal library was one of three that opened in the province this week.
Prominent Afghan figures in attendance included the Salang District police chief, members of the district police force, and local attorneys and judges to include Al Hajj Mului Abdul Satar Ghafari, a retired district judge who brought 80 copies of his new book to donate to the library. The district governor and shura members also attended. Teachers and students from the school located in the district center were invited. These students will be able to use the library for research and studying. U.S. Army attorneys from Task Force Wolverine were in attendance to support their Afghan counterparts in the legal sector.
“Libraries are a critical component in any society, creating a culture of literacy and learning, stimulating change and arming the citizenry with the power and tools necessary to fight corruption in its government,” said U.S. Army Capt. Adam Bushey, from Syracuse, N.Y., a rule of law attorney for TF Wolverine on Bagram Airfield. “Knowledge is power; with it, the Afghan citizens can hold the government responsible and accountable for their actions.”
The ministries project plans for nine legal libraries in the provinces of Parwan, Bamyan and the first public library in Panjshir. The library project is intended to educate the Afghan people in the laws and rules that govern their country. This project puts the resources and tools necessary for education in the hands of Afghan people, often for the first time.
“Salang is one of the poorer districts and because of that we didn’t have the same education opportunities in the past,” said Maj. Gul Aba, the chief of police for the Salang District. “We give you the assurance that we are very interested in education. This opportunity is a good start for our youth to have this opening of the library.”
The project receives funding from TF Wolverine’s Commanders Emergency Response Program. The funding was used to purchase about 250 legal texts per library, and to provide shelves, tables, chairs and other materials used to refurbish the spaces. The dedication ceremony included a lunch provided to all in attendances.
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