STATUS QUO? Elections have come and gone, with little fanfare, a few sporadic attacks and small voter turnout. We have been working with our own Afghan National Army soldiers while waiting to turn everything over to the 82nd, scheduled to move in here the next couple of weeks. We are being shifted around as soldiers continue to move into this camp. Two days ago, we got attacked with a series of mortars and rockets throughout the night, and fortunately there were only minor casualties. We are trying to get our ANA group ready for the transitional turnover as the 82nd moves in here and all of us move out soon afterward. Herat isn't totally unlike some towns out east-it has its remote qualities, but shows signs of urbanization as Afghanistan tries to build on what little
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