An Afghan National Army soldier and a United States Army advisor scope the mountains that overlook the border with Pakistan...International forces are increasingly relying on Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) such as the Afghan National Army  (ANA) in conducting village searches, key village leader engagements and biometrics intelligence gathering operations in preparation for the 2013 handover of security operations to the ANSF...Members of 2nd Platoon, Comanche Company, 1-501 IN (ABN) (Task Force Blue Geronimo) out of Fort Richardson Alaska took part in a joint 4-day mission with members of the Afghan National Army in the mountains that overlook the border with Pakistan. The purpose of the mission was to survey the area for possible insurgency activity as well as to search surrounding villages for possible weapons caches.
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