The Dutch State Secretary, Ben Knapen, along with the Uruzgan provincial governor, Mohammed Sherzad, held the ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of construction of the road that will better connect the Chora district to the provincial capital city by cutting travel time between the two by more than half.
Mujahid was captured in Uruzgan along with a colleague on July 6, 2004 through his use of a Thuraya satellite phone registered in Quetta.
Cardona and his Working Dog, a German Shepherd named "Zomie", were Killed In Action (KIA) February 28, 2009 in Uruzgan Province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, when the vehicle he was riding in struck a buried Improvised Explosive Device.