Stars and Stripes explains how US troops use radio in Afghanistan

US troops have set up transmitters across the province in eastern Afghanistan, hired local employees for the stations and developed a process to put out information updates on incidents such as roadside bomb explosions.

Major Herb Skinner, the 1-40 executive officer, said the system is key to combating Taliban mis-information that often blames coalition forces for civilian deaths caused by its own attacks

Read the article in Stars and Stripes

Source: Media Network