Passing out reading material to shop keepers in Sharana, Afghanistan

U.S. Army Spc. Zachary Nichol, a Provincial Reconstruction Team Paktika Civil Affairs team member from the 405th Civil Affairs Battalion, passes out informational reading material to shop keepers in Sharana, Afghanistan, during a PRT Paktika mission Oct. 1, 2009. The Provincial Reconstruction Team Paktika is an integrated team of U.S. military and representatives from the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Agency for International Development, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which funds and evaluates Afghanistan reconstruction projects in effort of promoting self sufficiency and better quality of life for the Afghan people. Photo by Staff Sgt. Dallas Edwards