U.S. unit focuses on Afghan construction
The Black Hawk helicopter carrying a top U.S. general swooped down into the jagged mountains along the Pakistani frontier and into the heart of the U.S. military’s latest offensive in Afghanistan. But Maj. Gen. Benjamin Freakley was not supervising combat with Taliban militants who have stepped up attacks in the east. Wearing a big smile, he clipped a ceremonial ribbon and wandered among hundreds of schoolboys waving Afghan flags to celebrate a new eight-room school. Full Story