Image Gallery 2007
31 May 2007
Reconstruction Task Force projects: Yakalengah and Talani
Australian engineers regularly check the progress of the construction sites throughout the Tarin Kowt bowl in Uruzgan Province. Each time they depart their base, a sizable protection force travels with them to provide security at their worksites.
Australia has deployed an ADF Reconstruction Task Force (RTF), consisting of a combined arms team, to the Uruzgan Province in southern Afghanistan as part of Operation SLIPPER. The RTF is in partnership with the Netherlands Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and forms part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force.
The RTF has a clearly-defined role to work on reconstruction, improvement of provincial infrastructure and community based projects. The RTF also provides trade training to the local population and military engineering training to the Afghan National Army. This type of assistance is designed to benefit the people of Uruzgan Province well into the future and form building blocks of a stable and prosperous community.
The RTF contains around 370 ADF personnel from predominately Queensland-based units. It includes elements to provide command, security, engineering, and administrative support and is equipped with Bushmaster Infantry Mobility Vehicles (IMV), Australian Light Armoured Vehicles (ASLAVs) and armoured engineer plant equipment.
Australia's contribution to ISAF is an important component of the Australian Government's commitment to assist Afghanistan achieve a stable and secure future.
| 20070528adf8255272_004 Corporal Glen Keleher in Uruzgan Province at the beginning of a very long day. Z (Date taken: 08 April 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20070528adf8255272_023 Platoon harbour in Uruzgan Province. (Date taken: 08 April 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20070528adf8255272_028 Lieutenant Will Langdon (standing) gives orders to his platoon staff in Uruzgan Province. (Date taken: 08 April 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20070528adf8255272_029 Lieutenant Will Langdon and his platoon staff discuss tactics in Uruzgan Province. (Date taken: 08 April 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20070528adf8255272_036 Children from the Talani School play on equipment recently erected by Australian Engineers. (Date taken: 08 April 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20070528adf8255272_040 Children from the Talani School use a water tank provided by Australian Engineers. (Date taken: 08 April 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20070528adf8255272_055 Members of the RTF Works Team (L-R) Captain Liam Hanson, Captain Dan Keep and Sergeant Colin Legget. (Date taken: 08 April 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20070528adf8255272_074 Local contractors go through the laborious process of pouring concrete on the roof of the Afghan Health and Develpment Services building. (Date taken: 08 April 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20070528adf8255272_099 An Afghan boy displays his loyalty to Australian Engineers meeting with the Yakalengah Malik (village elder). (Date taken: 08 April 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20070528adf8255272_114 An Australian soldier and local boys in Tarin Kowt. (Date taken: 08 April 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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