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Khowst (Afghanistan)

Type: City

Name: Khowst (Afghanistan)

Country: Afghanistan

Latitude: 33.34

Longitude: 69.919998

population: 96,246

First reported 57 mins ago - Updated 57 mins ago - 1 reports

RC-East operational update | May 24

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan National Security and coalition forces killed six insurgents, detained four suspected insurgents, discovered one weapons cache and safely cleared two improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout ... [Published DVIDS - 57 mins ago]

Entities: IED Improvised Explosive Device, Khowst (Afghanistan), Coalition, National Security, Afghan National Security Forces

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

RC-East operational update | May 20

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan National Security and coalition forces killed seven insurgents, detained four suspected insurgents, discovered two weapons caches and found and safely cleared eight improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern ... [Published DVIDS - May 20 2013]

Entities: IED Improvised Explosive Device, Afghan National Security Forces, National Security, Coalition, Insurgents

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

RC-East operational update - May 13

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan National Security and Coalition Forces killed five insurgents, detained two suspected insurgents, discovered one weapons cache and found and safely cleared nine improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan ... [Published DVIDS - May 13 2013]

Entities: Afghan National Security Forces, IED Improvised Explosive Device, Coalition, National Security

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

RC-East operational update | May 7

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan National Security and coalition forces killed one insurgent, detained one suspected insurgent and found and safely cleared two improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, ... [Published DVIDS - May 07 2013]

Entities: Afghan National Security Forces, Khowst (Afghanistan), Insurgents, IED Improvised Explosive Device

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

United States Agency For International Development

Unhealthy Hospitals

SIGARThe new 100-bed provincial hospital under construction in Gardez, Afghanistan.The future of Afghanistan begins at the end of next year, after U.S. combat troops depart and Afghan forces take over for keeps.After spending more than a half-trillion ... [Published Time - May 06 2013]

Entities: United States Agency For International Development, Gardez (Afghanistan), Afghanistan, Khowst (Afghanistan)

First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 1 reports

Inmate: Prison search inspired hunger strike at Guantanamo

WASHINGTON, May 4 (UPI) --Obaidullah, an Afghan who has only one name, submitted an affidavit to a federal court that was declassified Friday, the Los Angeles Times reported. He suggested that for many detainees what convinced them to begin refusing food ... [Published UPI - May 05 2013]

Entities: Guantanamo (Cuba), Affidavit, Robert Durand, prison, Detainee

First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

US Army Corps of Engineers

Army burned millions on unused trash incinerators

Michal CongerA U.S. military base wasted $5 million on trash incinerators in Afghanistan it will never use, according to a new report from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction.The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers decided in 2010 to ... [Published Washington Examiner - Apr 27 2013]

Entities: Khowst (Afghanistan), Conger, Forward Operating Base, Afghanistan, US Army Corps of Engineers

First reported Apr 20 2013 - Updated Apr 20 2013 - 1 reports

RC-East April 20 operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan National Security and coalition forces killed four insurgents, detained five suspected insurgents and found and safely cleared four improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past ... [Published DVIDS - Apr 20 2013]

Entities: Afghan National Security Forces, IED Improvised Explosive Device, Khowst (Afghanistan), Insurgents, National Security

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

Soldiers coach farmers for superior harvest

Army Maj. Gregory Motz, the executive officer for the Khowst Province Provincial Reconstruction Team, of the 5-19th Agribusiness Development Team, Indiana National Guard, along with his team, meets with local farmers and area representatives in a green ... [Published DVIDS - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Khowst (Afghanistan), Indiana National Guard, Public Affairs, US Army, Livestock

First reported Feb 18 2013 - Updated Feb 18 2013 - 1 reports

Photo: Security Sprint

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Chester Thomson runs up an embankment during a security patrol in a remote village of Khowst province, Afghanistan, Jan. 31, 2013. Thomson is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division’s Troop B, 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, ... [Published BLACKFIVE - Feb 18 2013]

Entities: Security, Khowst (Afghanistan), US Army

First reported Dec 27 2012 - Updated Dec 28 2012 - 1 reports

This Is What ‘They’ Did for Christmas

Afghan girls enjoy new winter jackets they received from U.S. soldiers and Afghan police in the Khoni Kwar area of Afghanistan’s Khowst province, Dec. 14, 2012. The U.S. soldiers are assigned to Company A, 3rd Special Troops Battalion. I have ... [Published The Moderate Voice - Dec 27 2012]

Entities: Afghanistan, US Air Force, US Army, Forward Operating Base, US Navy

Quotes

..."These officials stated that the smaller generators did not have sufficient capacity to power the entire hospital," the report adds. "As a result, only about 35% of the space in the new Khowst hospital was operational at the time of our audit, and the two larger generators purchased for this project were not being used."

Unhealthy Hospitals [Published Time - May 06 2013]

In his affidavit, Obaidullah said soldiers took family photographs and other possessions and were seen "rifling through the pages of many Korans and handling them roughly."

Inmate: Prison search inspired hunger strike at Guantanamo [Published UPI - May 05 2013]

"Detainees will often cite any change, real or perceived, as a cause for protest," he said. This time, he added, "the detainees have chosen one routine search in early February as the rallying point for their grievances."

Guantanamo detainee says prison 'shakedown' sparked hunger strike [Published Chicago Tribune - May 04 2013]

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Detailed guidance: UK forces: operations in Afg... [Published Inside government - Ministry of Defence - Apr 03 2013] Updated: Chronology of events in Afghanistan updated to 26 Mar 13 UK forces are deployed to Afghanistan in support of the UN-authorised, NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mission and as part of the US-led Operation Enduring Freedom ...
Photo: Security Sprint [Published BLACKFIVE - Feb 18 2013] U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Chester Thomson runs up an embankment during a security patrol in a remote village of Khowst province, Afghanistan, Jan. 31, 2013. Thomson is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division’s Troop B, 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, ...
Justice at Zero Dark Thirty [Published Shadow Government - Jan 14 2013] p>I was in Arizona on 9/11. I was in the Army at the time, doing asummer of training at Fort Huachuca. Someone told us as we milled aboutafter morning class that there was some kind of attack in New York. Bythe time we got to lunch there were wild ...
This Is What ‘They’ Did for Christmas [Published The Moderate Voice - Dec 27 2012] Afghan girls enjoy new winter jackets they received from U.S. soldiers and Afghan police in the Khoni Kwar area of Afghanistan’s Khowst province, Dec. 14, 2012. The U.S. soldiers are assigned to Company A, 3rd Special Troops Battalion. I have ...