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Operation "On Ground" on Qadesh
By LtC. (OF-4) José María Rivera Moreno, SP ARMY PIO PSB QiN ASPFOR XXIX, Regional Command-West Public Affairs
Jan 4, 2012 - 5:43:06 PM
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| Different teams belonging to the Spanish Provincial Reconstruction Team, (PRT) based on the PSB "Ruy Gonzalez de Clavijo", Qala-i-Naw city, participated yesterday in an operation "ON GROUND" on Qadesh city, one of the district capitals in Badghis province. |
Qala-i-Naw, Afghanistan – Different teams belonging to the Spanish Provincial Reconstruction Team, (PRT) based on the PSB "Ruy Gonzalez de Clavijo", Qala-i-Naw city, participated yesterday in an operation "ON GROUND" on Qadesh city, one of the district capitals in Badghis province.
This kind of operations have several objectives among which distribution of humanitarian aid, contact with the civilian population to get their views on ISAF operations, detection of potential small works of Quick Impact Project (QIP) budget, major works to improve infrastructure in the area – These last in charge of the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI) - and to maintain contact with civilian and police authorities in the district.
Among the participating PRT Units in the operation are included Civilian and Military Cooperation (CIMIC) Teams, Psychological Operations (PSYOPS) Unit, Police Mentoring and Liaison Team (POMLT), composed by the Spanish Guardia Civil, and Force Protection and Security Unit (UPS).
Impromptu meetings were held in the main street of the town; male and female schools were visited, where students were provided with school and hygiene supplies, humanitarian aid supplies were surrendered to Civilian Authorities – rice and flour sacks, sunflower oil, biscuits and blankets- and medical supplies for the local hospital.
Qadesh is one of the six districts that constitutes Badghis province; above all of them, Spanish PRT exercises governance and development activities and in five of them exercises security duties - in the Bala Murghab district security duties are carried out by an Italian Task Force.
Note : The operation carried out yesterday on one of the districts of Badghis province, is performed with some regularity in different localities under the Spanish contingent responsibility.
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| This kind of operations have several objectives among which distribution of humanitarian aid, contact with the civilian population to get their views on ISAF operations, detection of potential small works of Quick Impact Project (QIP) budget, major works to improve infrastructure in the area – These last in charge of the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI) - and to maintain contact with civilian and police authorities in the district. |
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| Impromptu meetings were held in the main street of the town; male and female schools were visited, where students were provided with school and hygiene supplies, humanitarian aid supplies were surrendered to Civilian Authorities – rice and flour sacks, sunflower oil, biscuits and blankets- and medical supplies for the local hospital. |
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| Impromptu meetings were held in the main street of the town; male and female schools were visited, where students were provided with school and hygiene supplies, humanitarian aid supplies were surrendered to Civilian Authorities – rice and flour sacks, sunflower oil, biscuits and blankets- and medical supplies for the local hospital. |
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