RTF civil-military aid activities

The Reconstruction Task Force's civil-military assistance is aimed at building indigenous physical and social infrastructure. The RTF's aid projects include:

• construction and development of the Trade Training School (TTS), Tarin Kowt
• training of Afghan National Army (ANA) engineers.
• redevelopment of the Tarin Kowt Provincial Hospital
  
• renovation of the Tarin Kowt High School
  
• construction of a large causeway over the Garmab Mandah
  
• renovation of the Yaklengah Health Centre
  
• village-based reconstruction tasks in the vicinity of Tarin Kowt

Army: Diggers and Afghans battle cold and insurgents together, Captain Al Green, Defence Magazine, Issue 5, 2007/2008.

ISAF completes major health facilities in Tarin Kowt, Media Release, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), 17 September 2007.

“The Australian Reconstruction Task Force (RTF), part of the Dutch-led Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Regional Command South, has completed two of its major construction projects this week. The redevelopment of the Tarin Kowt Hospital and construction of the Yaklengah Comprehensive Health Clinic are landmark projects in the international community’s quest to deliver improved health care for the people of southern Afghanistan. The US$700,000 Tarin Kowt Hospital project began in late 2006 and was completed on schedule this week by the RTF and local contractors.”

Project coordinator: Richard Tanter
Additional research: Arabella Imhoff
8 September 2008