Shafaq News/A member of the Peshmerga forces has received the award for Best ExplosivesDetection Dog Team in Washington, the capital of the United States.
In astatement, the Ministry of Peshmerga announced on Friday that the 2024 awardwas presented to Peshmerga fighter Aram Rashad for “his skills and dedicationto his work in explosives detection.”
The awardceremony took place on October 8, 2024, in Washington D.C., in the presence ofTarifa Aziz, the Kurdistan Regional Government's representative, along withsenior US military officials and representatives from internationalorganizations.
According tothe statement, the Peshmerga fighter is part of the K9 unit of the MilitaryEngineering Battalion at the Ministry of Peshmerga Affairs. He has been workingwith his dog, "Luke Boomer," for more than six years in bomb andexplosives detection operations.