U.S. Troops Provide Security, Meet in Bala Boluk, Afghanistan

Department of Defense Photo Essay

  • U.S. Army Capt. Jeremiah Gebhart provides security on a street outside the Bala Boluk district center before a shura, or meeting, at the center in Afghanistan's Farah province, Jan. 15, 2013. Gebhart, a civil affairs officer, is assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah. Coalition and team members attended the meeting to engage with key leaders and discuss district issues. The team's mission is to train, advise and assist Afghan government leaders at the municipal, district and provincial levels in Farah province. U.S. Navy photo
  • Sayed Mohammed, center, Bala Boluk district governor, and Mohammed Akram Khpalwak, right, Farah provincial governor, meet before a shura at the Bala Boluk district center in Afghanistan's Farah province, Jan. 15, 2013. U.S. Navy photo
  • Farah provincial and district leaders participate in a shura at the Bala Boluk district center in Afghanistan's Farah province, Jan. 15, 2013. U.S. Navy photo
  • Bala Boluk district elders from Farah province particpate in a shura at the Bala Boluk district center in Afghanistan's Farah province, Jan. 15, 2013. U.S. Navy photo
  • Mohammed Akram Khpalwak, Farah provincial governor, addresses members and participants of a shura at the Bala Boluk district center in Afghanistan's Farah province, Jan. 15, 2013. U.S. Navy photo
  • Abdul Rahmann Zhwandai, center, spokesman for the Farah provincial governor's office, talks with members of the media during a shura at the Bala Boluk district center in Afghanistan's Farah province, Jan. 15, 2013. U.S. Navy photo