Freedom Watch Update

This edition features stories on five children and a teacher being injured during an insurgent attack in Ghazni province and the Parwan Provincial Reconstruction Team assessing the progress of a girls school under construction in Afghanistan. Hosted by Tech. Sgt. Joy Meek.

This edition features stories on soldiers from the Afghanistan national army starting a leadership class in Zabul province and a provincial reconstruction team working with Afghanistan villages to convince them to sign a contract with the Afghan government promising not to allow insurgent forces to operate in them. Hosted by Staff Sgt. Michael Jackson

This edition features stories on a flood in Herat province, Afghanistan killing at least twenty people and injuring thirty others. Afghan and coalition forces are helping with rescue efforts and an agricultural development team and members of the Afghan National Army reaching out to show a nomadic tribe that the Afghan government cares about them and wants to help provide for their needs. Hosted by Air Force Staff Sgt. Alana Ingram.

This edition features stories about Afghan and coalition forces finding an improvised explosive device (IED) factory while on patrol in Helmand Province, and the Afghan government taking an active role during the reconstruction of the country. Hosted by Senior Airman Jay Hernandez. afghanistan

This edition features stories on the Herat Provincial Reconstruction Team finishing the refurbishing of a pediatric hospital and a regional hospital in Herat City, Afghanistan last week and how a Marine wounded in action, Pfc. Justin Platt, is being rehabilitated while receiving medical care at the medical facility at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Hosted by Tech. Sgt. Joy Meek.

This edition features a story on the international Security Assistance Force Officials and how they inaugurated a Mosque at Camp Marmal, in Mazar-E-Sharif, Afghanistan. Hosted by Senior Airman Jay Hernandez.

This edition features a story on how the U.S. Military is working to weaken the insurgency in Afghanistan through education. Hosted by Tech. Sgt. Joy Meek.

This edition features stories on how Germany presented the Gold Cross of Honor to members of 5-158th Aviation BN, and how the Afghan Government re-established its Army almost eight years ago and how according to the U.S. Army, they continue to make improvements in how they conduct operations. Hosted by Senior Airman Jay Hernandez.

This edition features stories on how Afghan leaders are meeting to discuss how to prevent civilian casualties and service members who are responsible for transferring wounded warriors to hospitals. Hosted by Air force Staff Sgt. Michael Jackson. Afghanistan

This edition features a story on an Afghan - International Security Force detaining two suspected militants in Kandahar, Afghanistan and the Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team working with local leaders to build trust and put the local people to work on projects that will improve the conditions in Panjshir. Includes soundbites with Spc. Allison Cherkosly, a civil affairs specialist. Hosted by Senior Airman Jay Hernandez.