An elder stands up to introduce himself at a shura, Aug. 8, with the Afghan National Police, soldiers from Police Mentor Team, 1-101st Field Artillery Battalion, Massachusetts Army National Guard and Civil Military Operations, 1-178th Field Artillery Battalion, South Carolina Army National Guard. The National Guard soldiers from Massachusetts and South Carolina were there to propose a new school project for the children that live in the Mir Bacheh Kowt District of Kabul province.