Notebook: Afghan-Born Mainer Signed Up for This Series: Editor's Note Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram Columnist Bill Nemitz Is Reporting From the Mountains of Eastern Afghanistan. Nemitz Left Memorial Day Weekend to Join the 152 Maine Men Who Make Up Maine Army National Guard's Bravo Company, 3rd Batltalion, 172nd Infantry. They Are Among the 94,000 Troops Currently in Afghanistan.

Portland Press Herald › June 16, 2010

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As he walked through downtown Chamkani during the weekend with the rest of the Maine Army National Guard's Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry, Pfc. Hamayon Ahadi of Portland heard the same question over and over.

"You!" called out the locals on the sidewalks, pointing directly at Ahadi. "Afghan?"

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Notebook: Afghan-Born Mainer Signed Up for This Series: Editor's Note Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram Columnist Bill Nemitz Is Reporting From the Mountains of Eastern Afghanistan. Nemitz Left Memorial Day Weekend to Join the 152 Maine Men Who Make Up Maine Army National Guard's Bravo Company, 3rd Batltalion, 172nd Infantry. They Are Among the 94,000 Troops Currently in Afghanistan.

As a matter of fact, yes.

Ahadi was born in 1984 in Kabul. When he was 2, his parents, both Afghans, got the necessary sponsorship through his moth...

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