Edward Alford, right, the senior civilian representative for Regional Command South and Regional Command Southwest, receives a prayer rug from Ehsanullah Ehsan, left, the director of the Kandahar Institute of Modern Studies, during a women's education key leader engagement March 13, 2014, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. The event, hosted by the Southern Regional Platform of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, recognized the accomplishments of advocates and educators who supported women's education and health in Afghanistan.