Uruzgan's Newest Afghan National Security Force Patrol Base Opens

Afghan National Security Forces have established a new patrol base near the village of Heydar on the eastern edge of the Mirabad Valley in Uruzgan province.

A successful security operation over the past six weeks has facilitated the construction of the patrol base by Afghan National Army engineers under Australian guidance on an important insurgent infiltration route.

Insurgent activity in the area had previously denied the Afghan people access to important government services and infrastructure development.

Patrol Base Mohammed will connect the people of the area with the Afghan Government, and give them a visible symbol of their government's growing power and reach.

The permanent patrol base will offer more than just security to the locals in that it will also provide the Afghan government with a solid foundation upon which it can bring development into the area.

Patrol Base Mohammed is named after a fallen Afghan National Army soldier.

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