Afghan children sit outside a compound and watch as soldiers with the 31st Light Infantry Battalion from the Republic of Georgia and a small group of U.S. Marines assigned to Alpha Company, Georgian Liaison Team-11, host a shura in a village in Now Zad District, Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 7, 2014. The goal of the patrol was to clear the village of any possible insurgent threat, gather intelligence on the area and host a shura to talk to the local people.