Paktika Province: As Afghan forces increasingly take on more and more responsibilities, one large and sometimes overlooked priority is the medical care of Afghan fighting forces. They had the luxury of relying on an extremely robust and well trained medical capability provided by U.S. and other coalition forces.
From medical evacuation to training and supplies, International Security Assistance Force was the primary medical lifeboat for the care of wounded and sick Afghan forces prior to the adoption of the Security Forces Assistance Brigade model. Afghan medical providers in Paktika will soon be on their own to provide care that was once only a phone call or short ambulance ride away. |
