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Unit Ashena was a Provincial Reconstruction Team based in Afghanistan. "Ashena" means friend or colleague in Persian language.

History
After the withdrawal of Soviet troops in 1989, civil war broke out in Afghanistan. Also in 2001, following the fall of the Taliban regime, Taliban militants committed a terrorist attacks which caused a destruction of a great number of infrastructure facilities and millions of refugees, resulting in a complete aggravation of public security in Afghanistan.

After that, UN passed the Security Council resolution #1383 in 2001 to establish International Security Assistance Force(ISAF) and carried out a stabilization and reconstruction support activities in Afghanistan. Then, on October 8 2009, UNSC passed the resolution #1890 to request of the Member states of the United Nations for dispatching their troops.

Accordingly, on February 25, 2010, Korea's National Assembly plenary session passed a resolution on sending troops and in July 2010, government deployed Ashena unit to Afghanistan. After carrying out a 4 years of mission, the unit disbanded on June 23, 2014 and was pulled out of the country.

Missions
Ashena unit comprises following 4 sub-units.


 * Escort guard unit- ground convoy, escort, base protection and guard.
 * Aviation support unit - air convoy and aerial reconnaissance.
 * Operation support unit - combat support mission.
 * Guard company - protection and guard of Korean Embassy in Afghanistan.

The troops mostly consist of Special Forces, Marines, enlisted soldiers with a specialty of aviation · communications · maintenance · supply · medicine, and non-commissioned officers and officers.

Ashena unit supports Korea's Provincial Reconstruction Team, which pushes ahead with the reconstruction plans led by civil experts in various fields as health and medical care, education, and rural development. The unit carries out tasks of base defense, convoying and escorting PRT personnel in action, and reconnaissance.

Equipment

 * RemoEye-006(Unmanned Aerial Vehicle by UCONSYSTEM)