PRT Ghazni: Forging friendships with local Afghans

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Written by Photos by Air Force Master Sgt. Sarah R. Webb Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team Public Affairs Thursday, 10 December 2009 22:52

GHAZNI PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Sgt. Brian Dalka, security force member with Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team, gives candy to a local boy from a “returnee” village outside of Ghazni City, Afghanistan, Dec. 3. Ghazni PRT was in the village to check on a completed project funded by U.S. Agency for International Development. The building was constructed with the help of a grant from USAID, and is used by the approximately 750 villagers as a community center. The people of this village were originally from the Dichondi province but fled during the 90’s after civil war and drought plagued the area. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Sarah R. Webb, Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team Public Affairs Office) GHAZNI PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Spc. Pavol Palansky, security forces member assigned to Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team, patrols the area while on a mission to a “returnee” village outside of Ghazni City, Dec. 3. Ghazni PRT was in the village to check on a building funded by U.S. Agency for International Development. The building is used by the 750 villagers as a community center. The people of this village were originally from the Dichondi province but fled during the 90’s after civil war and drought plagued the area. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Sarah R. Webb, Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team Public Affairs Office)

 

GHAZNI PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Michael Torreno, Ghazni Field program officer for U.S. Agency for Interna¬¬¬¬tional Development, assigned to Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team, inspects the completion of a project in a “returnee” village outside Ghazni city, Dec. 3. The building was constructed with the help of a grant from USAID. It is used by the 750 villagers as a community center. The people of this village were originally from the Dichondi province but fled during the 90’s after civil war and drought plagued the area. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Sarah R. Webb, Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team, Public Affairs Office)

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