Afghan National Army Sgt. Bahadar, Explosive Hazards

Afghan National Army Sgt. Bahadar, Explosive Hazards Reduction Course instructor, engineer platoon non-commissioned officer, Commando Line Kandak, 205th Corps, observes as a student approaches a vulnerable area during a training exercise on Camp Hero in southern Kandahar province April 5. Thirty students spend four weeks learning from two coalition and two Afghan instructors about the Taliban's tactics, how to identify vulnerable points, to confirm the presence of an Improvised Explosive Device, and how to remove the threat of IEDs. Coalition partners from Task Force Paladin (South) believe that solely Afghan instructors will staff the course by mid-to-late summer of this year.