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Article: Army boosts civil affairs contingent.(NATION)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- July 30, 2002
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Byline: Rowan Scarborough, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The Pentagon is boosting the number of Army civil affairs soldiers in Afghanistan as the military plans to increase outreach to villagers who need help modernizing farms and educating children.
Civil affairs soldiers, an element of U.S. Army Special Operations Command, specialize in rebuilding communities after a war. About 200 such soldiers, bolstered by similarly skilled people from other nations, have been in Afghanistan the past months helping Afghans start over.
Administration officials said the increase underscores the shifting mission in Afghanistan more than nine months after the first bomb ...