LAGHMAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Mr. Bob McBain of Dalles Port, Wash., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, taps the outer wall of the Laghman prison to look for gaps between rocks in stone masonry during an inspection, July 17, in Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan. The prison-improvement project is one of many U.S. government-funded construction initiatives managed by the Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team. Projects such as this are nominated by Afghans and go through an approval process by U.S. officials. Afghan contractors carry out the actual construction, with U.S. oversight. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ave I. Pele, Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LAGHMAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Mr. Bob McBain of Dalles Port, Wash., and Mr. Bill Neimes of Jacksonville, Fla., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, check a newly built facility at the Laghman prison during an inspection July 17, 2010, Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan. The prison-improvement project is one of many U.S. government-funded construction initiatives managed by the Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team. Projects such as this are nominated by Afghans and go through an approval process by U.S. officials. Afghan contractors carry out the actual construction, with U.S. oversight. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ave I. Pele, Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LAGHMAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Mr. Bob McBain of Dalles Port, Wash., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, checks the vent pipe of a restroom at the Laghman prison during an inspection, July 17, in Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan. The prison-improvement project is one of many U.S. government-funded construction initiatives managed by the Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team. Projects such as this are nominated by Afghans and go through an approval process by U.S. officials. Afghan contractors carry out the actual construction, with U.S. oversight. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ave I. Pele, Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team)LAGHMAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – An Afghan guard mans his post at the Laghman prison in Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan, as U.S. civil engineers visited the site July 17, 2010. The prison-improvement project is one of many U.S. government-funded construction initiatives managed by the Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team. Projects such as this are nominated by Afghans and go through an approval process by U.S. officials. Afghan contractors carry out the actual construction, with U.S. oversight. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ave I. Pele, Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LAGHMAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Mr. Bob McBain (right) of Dalles Port, Wash., and Mr. Bill Neimes of Jacksonville, Fla., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, take photos at the Laghman prison during an inspection, July 17, 2010, in Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan. The prison-improvement project is one of many U.S. government-funded construction initiatives managed by the Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team. Projects such as this are nominated by Afghans and go through an approval process by U.S. officials. Afghan contractors carry out the actual construction, with U.S. oversight. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ave I. Pele, Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team)LAGHMAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – During a quality assessment, Mr. Bob McBain of Dalles Port, Wash., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, listens as an interpreter tells him what Engineer Latif (far left) has just said about the construction done at the Laghman prison, July 17, 2010, in Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan. The prison-improvement project is one of many U.S. government-funded construction initiatives managed by the Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team. Projects such as this are nominated by Afghans and go through an approval process by U.S. officials. Afghan contractors carry out the actual construction, with U.S. oversight. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ave I. Pele, Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team)

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