Samad Shams, commander of the National Directorate of Security, discusses provincial security concerns at a Farah Province Security Council meeting held at the governor's compound, Farah, Afghanistan, Dec. 5. Seventeen people including the Farah Province Gov., Rahool Amin, and representatives from the Afghan National Army, Afghan National Police, Afghan National Directorate of Security, U.S. Marine Corps Special Operations Command, U.S. Army 4-73rd Cavalry, Farah Provincial Reconstruction Team and Italian Task Force South attended the meeting which is designed to promote a good working relationship between coalition forces within the province and the local Afghan government.