The Challenge of Helmand

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Strategic Objective
D Company's primary mission is to secure Kajaki Dam, a $103 million project managed by the U.S. Agency for International Development. The dam's power station, once reconstructed, will provide electricity to the people of the province and, it is hoped, earn their support.

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