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Detailed Record

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.