FST, PRT treat ANA soldier after Fire-fight in Farah

 A soldier of the Afghan National Army (ANA) was brought today to Forward Operating Base (FOB) Farah to receive treatment for gunshot wounds after a small arms fire-fight occurred in Shewan, Farah Province.

NATO’s Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan and Italian Ambassador meet Herat authorities.

Ambassador Mark Sedwill, NATO’s Senior Civilian Representative to Afghanistan and Claudio Glaentzer, Italian Ambassador in Kabul, along with Major General Claudio Mora (ISAF’s DCOS Stability) visited Camp Arena – home to ISAF Regional Command West – and held a meeting with the main local Authorities, focusing on three NATO and International Community’s priorities: the unchanged commitment to work with Afghan Government to bring stability and security to the Afghan people, the main effort in building-up of the Afghan National Security Forces and the successful conduct of the International Conference on Afghanistan, scheduled for July 20 in Kabul.

Innocent civilians wounded as consequence of insurgents’ attack in Farah province.

Two civilians and two Afghan soldiers were injuried last night as consequence of an insurgents’ attack in Farah province. The wounded people were evacuated by Coalition Forces Helicopters to the ISAF Forward Operating Base of Farah where medics of the Forward Surgical Team provided first aid.

The insurgents’ attack happened in a village between Khak-e- Safayd and Farah during a movement of a ANSF and ISAF’s convoy towards Farah. this event remarks even more the insurgents’ total disregard for the Afghan people and for their rights to live safe in their houses. The incident is currently under investigation.