Freedom Watch Update

This edition features stories on Afghan and coalition forces fighting off an insurgent attack on the Khost provincial palace and how coalition forces are learning about their Afghan counterparts while living and working with Afghan security forces in the Herat province of Afghanistan. Hosted by Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Jackson.

This edition features stories on Afghan and International Security Assistance Forces capturing several men involved with planning attacks against people in Helmand province and safety inspectors visiting construction sites of future military bases ensuring the safety of service members throughout Afghanistan. Hosted by Air Force Staff Sgt. Ali Rose.

This edition features stories on an improvised explosive device in Kapisa Province killing five civilians and Soldiers training Afghanistan security forces on various skills. Hosted by Senior Airman Jay Hernandez

This edition features stories on Afghanistan village elders meeting with members of the Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team to discuss an upcoming project and a Human Terrain Team meeting with Afghanistan citizens to gather information and build trust with the local Afghans. Hosted by Staff Sgt. Ali Rose

This edition features stories about an exercise that trained Afghan National Security Forces to respond to different scenarios, while working out of a tactical operations center, and how the U.S. is working to help Afghanistan to rebuild its health care.

This edition features a story on Afghan and coalition forces capturing a taliban commander suspected of helping insurgents acquire weapons and explosive material and a story on U.S. and South Korean forces holding a memorial ceremony marking the anniversary of the first Korean soldier killed in action in Afghanistan. Hosted by Air Force Staff Sgt. Ali Rose.

This edition features stories on international security assistance forces finding almost one ton of drugs in Helmand Province and service members taking behavioral health assessment surveys to examine service members stress levels. Hosted by Staff Sgt. Ali Rose. Afghanistan

This edition features stories on the International Security Assistance Force Joint Command holding a conference in Kabul, Afghanistan for provincial reconstruction teams and the staff at the Freedom Restoration Center providing services to help service members cope with combat operational stress reaction. Hosted by Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Jackson.

This edition features a stories on coalition and Afghanistan security forces finding and destroying three roadside bombs in Kandahar Province and Afghan military bands and U.S. Army bands practicing and performing together. Hosted by Staff Sgt. Ali Rose.

This edition features stories on Afghan and international security forces killing insurgents during an attack in Zabul province, Afghanistan, the discovery and destruction of a cache of mortar grenades and the Afghan government and the Parwan provincial reconstruction team building a wall to save an aqueduct from collapsing and to prevent the erosion of the Salang River canal and the resulting floods that harm the local farming industry. Hosted by Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Jackson.