Image Gallery 2008
28 May 2008
Local engagement with tribal leaders
Reconstruction Task Force 4 is expanding its operations North from its base in Tarin Kowt, building a series of patrol bases for use by ISAF and the Afghan National Police and Army. The Task Force is now operating regularly north of Tarin Kowt, an area of great strategic significance to the Taliban Extremists in Uruzgan Province.
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 400 ADF personnel from predominately Brisbane and Sydney 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.
| 20080517adf8239682_382 An Afghan tribal leader talks with Reconstruction Task Force soldiers in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 22 May 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080517adf8239682_386 An Afghan boy jokes with soldiers as Lance Corporal Kevin Toonen, RTF 4, provides security at a meeting with local tribal leaders. (Date taken: 22 May 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080517adf8239682_415 Major Matthew Richardson talks with a local Afghan leader inside his home in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 22 May 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080517adf8239682_421 A Reconstruction Task Force soldier talks with a local child outside a meeting with Afghan tribal leaders in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 22 May 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080517adf8239682_529 A Reconstruction Rask Force 4 soldier talks with local children outside a meeting with Afghan tribal leaders in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 22 May 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080517adf8239682_600 A Reconstruction Rask Force 4 soldier talks with local children outside a meeting with Afghan tribal leaders in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 22 May 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080517adf8239682_638 Change is on the horizon. A group of Afghans watch as Australian BUSHMASTERS set up defensive positions North of Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 22 May 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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