Sgt. Amomuddin, with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Afghan National Civil Order Police Brigade, discusses a broken weapon mount with a Special Operations Task Force-South weapons sergeant during a routine stop Aug. 29 by the SOTF-S team to check in on their partnered Afghan comrades at an ANCOP checkpoint in the Arghandab River Valley, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Amomuddin and his fellow ANCOP said that since partnering with the SOTF-S team things have improved in the community. "Before we were working with the Special Forces team, the villagers didn't trust the United States," Amomuddin said. "But we
Sgt. Amomuddin, with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Afghan National Civil Order Police Brigade, discusses a broken weapon mount with a Special Operations Task Force-South weapons sergeant during a routine stop Aug. 29 by the SOTF-S team to check in on their partnered Afghan comrades at an ANCOP checkpoint in the Arghandab River Valley, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Amomuddin and his fellow ANCOP said that since partnering with the SOTF-S team things have improved in the community. "Before we were working with the Special Forces team, the villagers didn't trust the United States," Amomuddin said. "But we explained to them that the Special Forces are our friends, and we are working with them to help for the security of Afghanistan. The villagers work with both of us now, and they help us find [improvised explosive devices]." Successful partnership seen between Afghan Police, Special Forces 319006
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