Australian Defence Force's Media Department Provide this Special Report for Sada-e-Watan Sydney. We would like to thank The Australian Government & Prime Minister Mr. John Howard for great Humanitarian Assistance to Earthquake on 8th October 2005.

      Australian Defence Force are Assisting Pakistan's Earthquake Effected Areas

An Australian Defence Force medical team of about 140 personnel began to deploy into Pakistan on 11-12 November 2005 to provide vital health care assistance as part of the Australian Government's relief assistance to Pakistan following earthquakes on 8 October.

The Australian Defence Force medical team quickly began work in the remote earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, about 20km northeast of Muzaffarabad, on the Pakistan side of the Kashmir Line Of Control.

Four Australian Army Black Hawk helicopters are being deployed to Pakistan to provide essential transport and support tasks for the Australian Defence Force medical team. The helicopters will give the team mobility to extend assistance from the central medical facility at Dhanni to remote communities of the region, where earthquake damage has worsened the difficulties of limited road access, mountainous terrain and harsh winter weather. The composition and skills of the team deployed reflect the extensive experience of the Australian Defence Force in providing humanitarian assistance in remote regions of other countries affected by natural disasters.

The Australian Defence Force team includes a command element, aviation detachment, logistics and communications. Most of the health and support personnel are drawn from the Army logistic support force based at Randwick Barracks, Sydney. The medical team is supplemented by an Air Force primary health care team from Richmond, New South Wales. Other personnel are drawn from a range of units across Australia, including Reserves. The Black Hawk detachment is mostly from the Australian Army 5th Aviation Regiment, based in Townsville.

Two Australian Defence Force medics with an elaborately decorated local truck used to transship Australian humanitarian supplies in Islamabad, Pakistan.	A local truck carrying Australian stores loads an American CH-47 Chinook helicopter in Islamabad, Pakistan, for a delivery of humanitarian assistance supplies to the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni in Kashmir.
Part of a Pakistan Army barracks destroyed during the 8 October earthquake in the town of Dhanni, on the Pakistan side of the Kashmir Line Of Control, where an Australian Defence Force medical team has begun dispensing humanitarian assistance.	This forklift was delivered as an underslung load by an American CH-47 Chinook helicopter to enable the Australian Defence Force team to move humanitarian stores in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni.
Australian and Pakistan soldiers unload blankets and humanitarian supplies from helicopters in the earthquake-devasted town of Dhanni.	An American CH-47 Chinook helicopter delivers supplies for the Australian Defence Force medical detachment in Dhanni as part of Operation Pakistan Assist.
Lieutenant James Keam helps to move blankets needed by locals as temperatures drop with the onset of winter in the region of the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni.	Private Robbie Keenan and Private Sheyna Veal treat a young girl with burns, a common injury sustained in the remote area of Dhanni after the 8 October Pakistan earthquake.
Lieutenant Adam Ward and Corporal Pete Lonergan examine an infant patient in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, where an Australian Defence Force medical team has begun work as part of Operation Pakistan Assist.	Lieutenant Adam Ward examines an infant patient in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, where an Australian Defence Force medical team has begun work as part of Operation Pakistan Assist.
Australian Army medic Private Markus Collins treats a man in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, where an Australian Defence Force medical team has begun work as part of Operation Pakistan Assist.	Australian Army medic Private Markus Collins treats a man in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, where an Australian Defence Force medical team has begun work as part of Operation Pakistan Assist.
Australian Army medic Private Markus Collins treats a man in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, where an Australian Defence Force medical team has begun work as part of Operation Pakistan Assist.	Australian Army medic Private Markus Collins treats a man in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, where an Australian Defence Force medical team has begun work as part of Operation Pakistan Assist.
A phonetic bilingual chart on a scrap of cardboard helps Australian medics to understand from locals the types of injuries and sickness in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, where an Australian Defence Force medical team has begun work as part of Operation Pakistan Assist.	Flight Lieutenant Audrey Tan attends to a mother and baby in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, where an Australian Defence Force medical team has begun work as part of Operation Pakistan Assist.
Flight Lieutenant Audrey Tan attends to a mother and baby in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, where an Australian Defence Force medical team has begun work as part of Operation Pakistan Assist.	Flight Lieutenant Audrey Tan attends to a mother and baby in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, where an Australian Defence Force medical team has begun work as part of Operation Pakistan Assist.
Australian Army medic Private Markus Collins prescribes antibiotics for a young child with an infection in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, where an Australian Defence Force medical team has begun work as part of Operation Pakistan Assist.	Australian Army medic Private Sheyna Veal gives water to an infant child in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, where an Australian Defence Force medical team has begun work as part of Operation Pakistan Assist.
Private Sheyna Veal holds a young child while the mother is treated by Australian Defence Force medical personnel in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni.	Private Sheyna Veal holds an infant while the mother is treated by Australian medical personnel in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, where an Australian Defence Force medical team has begun work as part of Operation Pakistan Assist.
Lieutenant Adam Ward and Corporal Pete Lonergan examine an infant boy while his mother waits in the Australian Defence Force medical centre in the earthquake-devastasted town of Dhanni.	A woman, who lost her husband and two children as a result of the 8 October 2005 Pakistan earthquake, waits to be attended by Australian medics in the remote town of Dhanni.
A man waits with his infant daughter to be seen by Australian medics in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, where an Australian Defence Force medical team has begun work as part of Operation Pakistan Assist.	A young boy carries a bottle of water back to his family in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, where an Australian Defence Force medical team has begun work as part of Operation Pakistan Assist.
Leading Aircraftman Gunny, a member of the Australian Defence Force medical team working in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni as part of Operation Pakistan Assist, helps to treat a young girl with minor burns.	Lieutenant Tamara Lee examines patients at the Australian medical centre in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni.
A resident of the remote town of Dhanni overlooks the tented medical centre of the Australian Defence Force team deployed to help earthquake victims under Operation Pakistan Assist.	The tented medical centre of the Australian Defence Force team set up to help earthquake victims in the remote town of Dhanni, on the Pakistan side of the Kashmir Line Of Control.
Australian and Pakistani soldiers take cover from the downwash of an American CH-47 Chinook helicopter landing humanitarian relief supplies in Dhanni, on the Pakistan side of the Kashmir Line Of Control.	Australian and Pakistani soldiers take cover from the downwash of an American CH-47 Chinook helicopter landing humanitarian relief supplies in Dhanni, on the Pakistan side of the Kashmir Line Of Control.
Australian and Pakistani soldiers take cover from the downwash of an American CH-47 Chinook helicopter landing humanitarian relief supplies in Dhanni, on the Pakistan side of the Kashmir Line Of Control.	Australian and Pakistani soldiers take cover from the downwash of an American CH-47 Chinook helicopter landing humanitarian relief supplies in Dhanni, on the Pakistan side of the Kashmir Line Of Control.
Australian and Pakistani soldiers team up to unload humanitarian supplies in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, on the Pakistan side of the Kashmir Line Of Control.	Australian and Pakistani soldiers team up to unload humanitarian supplies in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, on the Pakistan side of the Kashmir Line Of Control.
Australian and Pakistani soldiers team up to unload humanitarian supplies in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, on the Pakistan side of the Kashmir Line Of Control.	Cows and chickens graze near a house heavily damaged by the 8 October earthquake in the remote town of Dhanni, on the Pakistan side of the Kashmir Line Of Control.
Lance Corporal Lock and Signaller Patrick Rothe talk to locals near the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, where an Australian Defence Force medical team has begun work as part of Operation Pakistan Assist.	Lance Corporal Lock and Signaller Patrick Rothe talk to locals near the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, where an Australian Defence Force medical team has begun work as part of Operation Pakistan Assist. (Date taken: 19 November 2005)
Australian Soldiers crossing a suspension bridge near the town of Dhanni.	Local villiagers from Dhanni currently cut off, wait for the re-opening of a major road destroyed after the earthquake.
Local villiagers from Dhanni currently cut off, wait for the re-opening of a major road destroyed after the earthquake.	Four weeks after the earthquake, a husband and wife walk 6km down the mountain side to receive medical attention.
People queue at a recently set up food distribution point in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, on the Pakistan side of the Kashmir Line Of Control.	People queue at a recently set up food distribution point in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, on the Pakistan side of the Kashmir Line Of Control.
People queue at a recently set up food distribution point in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, on the Pakistan side of the Kashmir Line Of Control.	A Pakistan Army soldier assists distribution of food in Dhanni to people displaced by the 8 October earthquake.
People queue at a recently set up food distribution point in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, on the Pakistan side of the Kashmir Line Of Control.	A Pakistan Army soldier administers the distribution of food to people in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, on the Pakistan side of the Kashmir Line Of Control.
An elderly man waits in line as a Pakistan Army Havildar (Sergeant) administers the distribution of food to people in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, on the Pakistan side of the Kashmir Line Of Control.	People queue at a recently set up food distribution point in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, on the Pakistan side of the Kashmir Line Of Control.

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