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Condolence Payment - Alif Gul - Mirzaka
Planned Start Month
March 2009
Estimated Cost
$800
Status
Completed
Province
Paktiya
Regional Command
Unknown
Project Description
Reimburse property owner for damages caused by coalition operations.
Project Goals
Reimburse property owner, Alif Gul, for damages caused by coalition forces during counter IED operations. Comments: On 24 SEP 08, C-IED TM Salerno responded via rotary wing to a reported IED at 42S WC 49800 39600. During helicopter landing and takeoff, landowner Alif Gul had an estimated $40,000 Afghanis worth of harvested crops destroyed.
Results
None. The precise closure date is unknown.
Updates
Apr 22 2009 Payment made 19 Mar 09 Feb 20 2010 The Condolence Payment is complete and requires closure. Payment was completed before the current PPO and PA (Capt Wilcox and MSgt Borca) were deployed to Afghanistan. Therefore, they cannot comment on the project although the PRT has not received any negative comments from Alif Gul.
SOURCES
Illustrations: Sarah Way for ProPublica. Data: Assembled from several different Department of Defense databases by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction and provided to ProPublica under a Freedom of Information Act Request.