The first session of the Development & Governance Working Group hosted at ISAF’s Regional Command West in Herat

The first meeting of the Development & Governance Working Group (DGWG) took place today in Camp Arena, home to ISAF’s Regional Command West.

ISAF Troops rescue afghan child injured after an IED explosion in Badghis Province

An ISAF Patrol rescued yesterday night an Afghan child seriously wounded by the detonation of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in the District of Morghab, Badghis Province.

ANSF and ISAF Troops rescue Afghan child with firearm wounds in Badghis Province

An Afghan child aged 4, wounded in the chest by firearm shot, was rescued by ANA and ISAF troops today in the north of Bala Morghab, Badghis Province.

Herat: 20 Afghan Border Policemen graduate from an advanced training course provided by Italian Trainers

Twenty officers of the Afghan Border Police graduated today after a 4-week advanced training course provided at Herat’s Regional Training Centre by the Italian Border and Revenue Police.

Over 600 ABP personnel, among which 14 women, have graduated from specialist training comprising customs and criminal law - with special focus on the anti-corruption legislation - and a practical phase were the attendees are taught border check-points and police procedures, including anti-riot techniques.

Afghan civilians rescued by ISAF Troops after IED explosion in Herat Province

Four Afghan citizens were killed and other three were seriously wounded today by the detonation of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in a river bed in the District of Koshk-E-Kohneh, Herat Province. A Coalition Forces Patrol got to the spot and rescued the injured victims, who were provided first aid.

ANA and ISAF troops of Regional Command West rebuild a bridge destroyed by the Insurgents and dispose unexploded ordnance west of Farah

ANA Forces along with Italian Task Force South of ISAF’s Regional Command West have restored freedom of movement between Farah and Pusht Rod, after insurgent elements had destroyed a bridge and disseminated improvised explosive devices and ordnance.

A new school to be built in Herat Province to remember Maria Grazia Cutuli, the Italian reporter killed in 2001 in Afghanistan

The groundbreaking ceremony for a school named after Maria Grazia Cutuli – the reporter of Corriere della Sera, the Italian leading newspaper, murdered in Afghanistan on 19 November 2001 – took place today in the District of Injil, near Herat.

RC-W HQ hosts the Afghan Civil Service Institute Jirga

The ISAF Regional Command West Headquarters hosted today the Afghanistan Civil Service Institute (ACSI) Jirga. Over sixty delegates from major Afghan Governmental and local authorities, ISAF Senior representatives and International Organizations like UNAMA, USAID and AECID attended the event.

Nearly three hundred Afghan National Civil Order Police will soon join their units following a graduation ceremony at the Regional Training Centre of Herat. The Italian Carabinieri taught police skills as well as

tactical and patrol skills, including counter-IED procedures and anti-riots techniques, during the sixteen-week course

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Gen. Rodriguez and an Afghan National Army delegation visit Regional Command West’s area of operations

 Liutenent General David Rodriguez, Commander of ISAF Joint Command (IJC) and General Besmallah Khan Mohammadi, Chief of Staff of the Afghan National Army visited today the provinces of Badghis and Ghor, in the area of operations of Regional Command West.