16 November 2009

Sgt. Jesse Reder, Civil Affairs member assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Ghazni, conducts atmospherics regarding a recent medical outreach program conducted there the week prior. The team revisited the village that day to conduct key leaderengagements and reaffirm relationships with the villagers of Slemanji. (Photo by Air Force Master Sgt. Sarah R. Webb, PRT Ghazni, PAO)

Kids from the village of Slemanji ask coalition forces questions about the recent village medical outreach program conducted there the week prior. Provincial Reconstruction Team Ghazni revisited the village that day to conduct key leader engagements and reaffirm relationships with the villagers of Slemanji. (Photo by Air Force Master Sgt. Sarah R. Webb, PRT Ghazni, PAO)

Afghan mason hammers out loose gravel in the foundation of a building being constructed at Combat Outpost Sabari, Khowst province, Afghanistan on November 09, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Christopher Nicholas / Released)

Arco, a U.S. Army military working dog, sits behind Soldiers while they listen to a safety briefing before going out on mission from Forward Operation Base Airborne, Afghanistan on Nov. 09, 2009. Soldiers are assigned to Golf Company, 4th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Teddy Wade/Released)

U.S. Army Spc. Ryan Torres provides security while other Soldiers tighten up straps that became loose during a convoy in Jalrez,Afghanistan on Nov. 09, 2009. Torres is assigned to Golf Company, 4th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Teddy Wade/Released)

Sgt. Christopher Josephson, Security Forces Squad Leader for the Texas Agribusiness Development Team, assigned to Forward Operating Base Ghazni, pulls security while other members of the team perform a quality assurance quality control at the University of Ghazni, Ghazni, Afghanistan. The team visited the university to check the status of computers and library books ordered for the college. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Rebecca F. Corey)

A teacher from the village of Rabat hands out International Security Assistance Force newspapers to children in the village. Provincial Reconstruction Team Ghazni conducted a mission to the village to inspect a well recently built at the school. (Photo by Air Force Master Sgt. Sarah R. Webb, PRT Ghazni, PAO)

Local Afghan children watch with interest as U.S. Army Soldiers pass through their village in the mountains outside of Combat Outpost Sabari, Khowst province, Afghanistan on November 10, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Christopher Nicholas / Released)

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Christopher Burger and 2Lt. Robert Griffith discuss the route to their next objective in search of caves with weapons caches in a village in the mountains outside Combat Outpost Sabari, Khowst province, Afghanistan, on November 10, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Christopher Nicholas / Released)

A young Afghan boy carries a kettle of chai tea as U.S. Army Soldiers pass through his small village in the mountains outside of Combat Outpost Sabari, Khowst province, Afghanistan on November 10, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Christopher Nicholas / Released)

U.S. Army Soldiers of 1st Platoon, Delaware Company, 1/501st Battalion, 4th Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, make theirdecent down a mountain in to a cluster of small collats in the mountains outside Combat Outpost Sabari, Khowst province,Afghanistan on November 10, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Christopher Nicholas / Released)

Afghan National Army soldier clenches his M-16A2 assault rifle and looks on at the distance that must be traveled through a small village in the mountains outside Combat Outpost Sabari, Khowst province, Afghanistan on November 10, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Christopher Nicholas / Released)

An Afghan National Police officer makes fresh naan bread for his comrades at Combat Outpost Zanbar, Khowst province, Afghanistan on November 10, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Christopher Nicholas / Released)

Children from an orphanage in Ghazni City watch as Mark Smith, Army Corps Engineer technical advisor for Provincial Reconstruction Team Ghazni generates power to one of the hand crank radios that were handed out to the kids that day. Members from PRT-Ghazni were at the orphanage delivering school supplies donated from their friends and family back home. (Photo by Air Force Master Sgt. Sarah R. Webb, PRT Ghazni, PAO)

AT2 Kenny Harrell (left), and Spc. Jonathan Albrecht, Provincial Reconstruction Team Ghazni members pose for a group photo after handing out school supplies to kids at an orphanage in Ghazni City. (Photo by Air Force Master Sgt. Sarah R. Webb, PRT Ghazni, PAO)

An Afghan elder walks out to join the talk with coalition forces of informing against the Taliban in the village of Miricalai, Khowst province, Afghanistan on November 11, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Christopher Nicholas / Released)

Sgt. Alexander Stewart, geologist for the Texas Agribusiness Development Team, assigned to Forward Operating Base Ghazni, Afghanistan speaks with Dr. Ahmad Shah Rafiqi, Rector of the University of Ghazni about the progress of projects being accomplished with Texas ADT. The team visited the university to check the status of computers and library books ordered for thecollege. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Rebecca F. Corey)

U.S. Army Soldiers cover their heads while a CH-47D Chinook helicopter approaches the landing zone at Combat Outpost Garda in Jalrez, Afghanistan on Nov. 11, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Teddy Wade/Released)

Afghan girls stand outside a school in Jalrez, Afghanistan during an Afghan Medical Personnel Skills Improvement Mission (AMPSIM) organized by Coalition Soldiers on Nov. 12, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Teddy Wade/Released)

A school boy from the village for Rabat looks defiant as he stands near the sign at front of the school. Provincial Reconstruction Team Ghazni conducted a mission to the village so the teams’ engineers could inspect a well which was built at the school. (Photo by Air Force Master Sgt. Sarah R. Webb, PRT Ghazni, PAO)

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