Image Gallery 2010

09 February 2010
Special Operations Task Group discuss future with Afghan elders

The Australian Special Operations Task Group with their Afghan partner force have facilitated a major gathering (shura) of village elders and religious leaders in Chenartu, north-east of Tarin Kot, as part of their current focus on reaching out to Afghan communities across Uruzgan.

During the meeting village leaders and representatives were consulted to gain an understanding from the community of their key needs and ideas for development proposals. With a force including Australian Defence Force (ADF) medics, and USAid representatives (who work closely with AusAID staff in Uruzgan), the Special Operations Task Group explored all opportunities to engage the community.

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SOTG members and their Afghan partner force enjoy a riverside chat with local communities.

(Date taken: 09 December 2009)
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SOTG members enjoy a chai (tea) with local communities.

(Date taken: 09 December 2009)
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Winter wonderland. A SOTG soldier on patrol as the snow comes down in a remote area of Uruzgan Province.

(Date taken: 19 December 2009)
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Over there! A SOTG soldier invites a local villager to a medical clinic.

(Date taken: 19 December 2009)
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Looking on. Two children watch as their father chats with a SOTG soldier.

(Date taken: 19 December 2009)
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Tell us more. Children listen intently as a SOTG soldier explains through an interpreter to a village elder over a cup of chai (tea) some of the development opportunities for his village.

(Date taken: 19 December 2009)
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I trust you. While still in the arms of his father, a young child gazes intently as the SOTG medic listens to his heartbeat.

(Date taken: 20 December 2009)
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The old and the new. SOTG soldiers draw on old fashioned horsepower to carry a water pump into a remote community.

(Date taken: 20 December 2009)
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The old and the new. SOTG soldiers draw on old fashioned horsepower to carry a water pump into a remote community with a spectacular snow backdrop.

(Date taken: 20 December 2009)
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Rugged and barren. An SOTG patrol amidst the spectacular mountains of Uruzgan Province.

(Date taken: 14 January 2010)
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The village checkpoint. SOTG soldiers meet the local representatives at the entrance to Chenartu village.

(Date taken: 24 January 2010)
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Soldiers from Australia’s Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) conduct a medical clinic (MEDCAP) for the Chenartu villagers while the 150 strong shura is ongoing in the background.

(Date taken: 25 January 2010)
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Soldiers from Australia’s Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) conduct a medical clinic (MEDCAP) for the Chenartu villagers while the 150 strong shura is ongoing in the background.

(Date taken: 25 January 2010)
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Although only a relatively short distance from Tarin Kot, Chenartu is flanked by barren mountainsides. Here CJOPS, Lieutenant General Mark Evans, attends the local shura that had been organised by the Australia’s Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) and local Afghan Police.

(Date taken: 25 January 2010)
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CJOPS, Lieutenant General Mark Evans, with soldiers from Australia’s Special Operations Task Group (SOTG), local Afghan police, and community leaders take part in a Shura – a traditional Afghan meeting – to build a rapport between the SOTG and local police, and the Chenartu village, approx 150 local villages attend.

(Date taken: 25 January 2010)
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CJOPS, Lieutenant General Mark Evans, with soldiers from Australia’s Special Operations Task Group (SOTG), speaks with local Afghan community leaders during a Shura in Chenartu.

(Date taken: 25 January 2010)
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