Shahidulla, 14, listens to instructions from U.S. Army Spc. German de la Roche, an infantryman and COP mayor assigned to Company D, 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Cacti, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Task Force Bronco at Combat Outpost Honaker-Miracle in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar province, July 31. Since Taliban killed Shahidulla's father, an Afghan National Army soldier, he has been the only source of income for his mother and sister.