Image Gallery 2007
13 November 2007
Reconstruction Task Force during Operation Spin Ghar
Operation Spin Ghar (meaning 'White Mountain') took place in the Chora Valley 30km north of the Australian base at Tarin Kowt.
Designed to clear the area of Taliban influence, the campaign featured the cooperation of nations. Afghan, Dutch, US, Canadian, British and Australian forces worked together to eject the Taliban and provide for ongoing security.
The major role for the Reconstruction Task Force (RTF) role in the operation was the creation of a series of security check points across the contested Chora Valley to allow the Afghan Police and Army to stabilise the area.
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.
| 20071102adf8252964_075 Major Paul Foura of the 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment talks with an Afghan Policeman and members of the Dutch Provincial Reconstruction Team at the Nyazi checkpoint during Operation Spin Ghar. (Date taken: 02 November 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20071102adf8252964_077 Major Paul Foura of the 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment walks with Afghan Policemen to the newly constructed checkpoint at Nyazi during Operation Spin Ghar. (Date taken: 02 November 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20071102adf8252964_163 Sergeant Steven Parmiter of the 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment endures the dusty conditions of Kala Kala checkpoint during Operation Spin Ghar. (Date taken: 02 November 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20071103adf8248214_069 Khougha Mohammad of the Afghan National Army shows Private Shane Bretag of the 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment the finer points of the 12.7mm DShK-38/46 mounted at a strongpoint within the ANA compound in Chora, Afghanistan. Private Bretag is currently serving with Reconstruction Task Force 3 in Afghanistan. (Date taken: 03 November 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20071103adf8248214_155 Major Paul Foura of the 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment works on Dutch rifle scopes while sharing a coffee with soldiers from the Royal Netherlands Army in a compound in Chora, Afghanistan. Major Foura is currently serving with Reconstruction Task Force 3 in Afghanistan. (Date taken: 03 November 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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