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Originally Posted by fingolfin361 How much of the actual re-building in Afghanistan is being conducted by the US military, is also something i do not know....
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and i'm not sure if the Afghanistan invasion was a UN sanctioned invasion...could somebody please fill me in on that? |
You have the ISAF fact sheet
here where you can read about some of the CIMIC activities going on in Afghanistan. ISAF operates in Afghanistan under UN Mandate. As you can see these activities takes time to perform and complete. To give you a brief example we spent two months to get the green light for building a basket ball court for the kids in our AOR - the local authoroties
did not appriciate it but it turned out alright for all parts involved in the end.
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ISAF coordinates Civil Military Cooperation (CIMIC) projects throughout its area of operations. The CIMIC objectives are to assist the Commander of ISAF in his effort to support the Government of Afghanistan in maintaining and expanding security throughout the country, to support stabilisation, reconstruction and nation-building activities, and to co-operate with the International Organisations and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs). The CIMIC teams work in close co-operation with the local population and authorities and assess the situation concerning education, health, water, sanitation and internally displaced persons and returnees. They also initiate and monitor projects funded by either national or international donors.
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