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PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Afghan forces and U.S. Army Soldiers conducting a joint air assault operation in Tatanak village, Zormat District, Jan. 17, confiscated 10 unregistered firearms, ammunition, possible bomb-making material and two detainees.
The operation, Operation Road Craftsman, was designed to find and exploit any weapons caches or insurgent safe havens hidden in the village of Tatanak and to re-establish a connection with the villagers there, according to U.S. Army Capt. Kent Greiner of Nevada, Iowa, commander of Company D, 1st Battalion, 168th Infantry Regiment.
The 1st Bn., 168th Inf. Regt. worked closely with the U.S. Army 615th Military Police Company, the Afghan National Army and the Afghan Uniformed Police to conduct the operation.
“It has been a while since there has been any Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan influence in the area,” said Greiner. “That’s one main reason the ANA and AUP wanted to make a presence in [Tatanak].”
The last time the Afghan National Security Forces and their coalition force partners were in the village, during summer of 2010, insurgent forces fired on them. There have been several reports of improvised explosive devices and insurgent activity along a road that passes close to Tatanak.
Greiner said if the people of Afghanistan trust the ANSF are providing suitable security, local villagers are less likely to harbor insurgents who are travelling through the district.
“It’s the ANA and AUP that are going to make Afghanistan a safer place for the kids and the people,” said Greiner.
The ANSF and coalition forces used this operation to promote a program called “The Guardians of Peace.” The program provides Afghans a phone number to call to report information regarding IED locations, weapon caches or insurgent activity. The caller, whose identity remains anonymous, is provided a serial number that can be turned in for a reward. The program is producing actionable information, according to Greiner.
“We caught some bad guys and got some weapons and some explosives out of the enemy’s hands,” said Staff Sgt. Dave Jones of Estherville, Iowa, a squad leader for 3rd Platoon, Company D. “It’s reassuring to pull that stuff off the battlefield.”
The weapons were taken to the Zormat District center where they were registered with the AUP.
“In the future the AUP and the ANA will talk with our commanders and discuss who’s supposed to search and who’s supposed to do security,” stated ANA 1st Lt. Ashmat Lah, executive officer for 1st Coy, 1st Kandak, when discussing his thoughts on how to improve joint AUP and ANA operations. “I think we will form a good relationship with the AUP in the future.”
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