Transfer of Security Responsibilities Continues in Afghanistan

Village Elders in Khak-e-Sayfed district
attend Shura on security transition
(photo Sgt Chadwick de Bree)

Across Afghanistan districts and provinces are continuing the process of security transition. What this means is that coalition forces are taking a back seat as the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) step into the lead for security. Security transition is accompanied by a decrease of coalition forces in the area, ANSF taking the lead in combat operations, and the transfer to ANSF or closing of small combat outposts manned by coalition forces. Usually this transfer for the security lead takes place district by district. Khak-e-Sayfed district in Farah province is one of the latest districts to undergo the security transition. You can read more in "Authority of district transferred to ANSF in Farah province", DVIDS, February 28, 2013.

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