LAGHMAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Afghan contractors mix cement at the Laghman Empowerment Agricultural Facility in Alingar district, Afghanistan Aug. 2. Provincial Reconstruction Team civil engineers visited the site to evaluate progress and conduct a quality assessment. The facility will include a mill and storage areas for wheat, flour and produce. The LEAF is one of many U.S. government-funded projects managed by the Laghman PRT. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Capt. Tristan Hinderliter, Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

LAGHMAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – A Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team civil engineer and an interpreter talk to Afghan contactors at the Laghman Empowerment Agricultural Facility in Alingar district, Afghanistan Aug. 2. Civil Engineers visited the site to evaluate progress and conduct a quality assessment. The facility will include a mill and storage areas for wheat, flour and produce. The LEAF is one of many U.S. government-funded projects managed by the Laghman PRT. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Capt. Tristan Hinderliter, Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LAGHMAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Mr. George Hogeman of Falls Church, Va., the senior U.S. State Department representative with the Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team, greets Afghan children in Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan Aug. 2. Hogeman, a diplomat with many years experience working in developing countries, was accompanying PRT civil engineers conducting quality assessments on several reconstruction projects in the province. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Capt. Tristan Hinderliter, Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team)LAGHMAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Children in Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan, follow Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team civil engineers as they assess progress on a road-improvement project Aug. 2. The project is one of many U.S. government-funded initiatives managed by the Laghman PRT. (Photo by George Hogeman, Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

LAGHMAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Afghan contractors work with cement at the Laghman Empowerment Agricultural Facility in Alingar district, Afghanistan Aug. 2. Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team civil engineers visited the site to evaluate progress and conduct a quality assessment. The facility will include a mill and storage areas for wheat, flour and produce. The LEAF is one of many U.S. government-funded projects managed by the Laghman PRT. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Capt. Tristan Hinderliter, Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team) LAGHMAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Arthur Brailsford of Sumpter, S.C., provides security as Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team representatives visit the Laghman prison in Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan Aug. 2. PRT civil engineers and the provincial Rule of Law coordinator for Task Force Iron Gray visited the prison to assess the feasibility of expanding the facility, which suffers from overcrowding. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Capt. Tristan Hinderliter, Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team)

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