Afghan children collect bushes for sweeping in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009.
This photo shows a Special Forces soldier spinning a soccer ball on the tip of a ball point pin to the delight of the children at a school in the village of Nili, the provincial capital of Day Kundi in central Afghanistan.
An Afghan child plays in a field planted with cannabis in village of Apdici in Logar province.
This shows a young Afghan girl smiling as she grabs a five pound bag of flour that Special Forces soldiers brought to be given to students at her school in the village of Nili, the provincial capital of Day Kundi in central Afghanistan. The team is among only a few U.S. troops to live among Afghans, but there will likely be more. The hope is to push Special Forces teams into villages throughout Afghanistan, giving them the mission of rebuilding and training Afghan police and soldiers rather than hunting insurgents.
