Coalition Builds Capacity in Southern Afghanistan

By Jack Holt | Special to American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, June 9, 2008 - Important progress is being made in NATO's Afghan Regional Security Integration Command South area of operations, the commander there told bloggers and online journalists in a June 6 conference call.

"Nothing really too sexy, but actually it's very important stuff in a counterinsurgency that you are able to build up the capacity, and then using the reconstruction money and development monies that we have, we're able to reach out to the Afghan civilians so that we can build better relationships with them," Army Col. Thomas J. McGrath said. "I'm talking about roads and helping them farm, sending out tools, and things of that nature."

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