Afghan workers dig trenches as part of a United States Agency for International Development sponsored public works project in the Nurgaram District Jan. 23. The Afghan Water and Technology Transfer demonstration project is a response to the local people’s petition to the Nurgaram District government for help to stop unchecked monsoonal rain runoff that erodes topsoil and causes river silting. The Nuristan Provincial Reconstruction team assisted in the the USAID visit to the site.