U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Ed Franco plays with local refugee children in Dar Ul Aman, Kabul, Afghanistan, April 8, 2007, in support of a volunteer community outreach program. The program has set up a children diversion tactic that allowed volunteers to distribute 200 bags filled with clothes, shoes and toys without distraction and is provided every month with the help of donated items from U.S. citizens. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Cecilio M. Ricardo Jr.


U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Shawn Haney, a religious cultural affairs mentor at the Human Resource Division within the Combined Security Trainng Command Afghanistan, plays with a local refugee child in Dar Ul Aman, Kabul, Afghanistan, April 8, 2007, in support of a volunteer community outreach program. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Cecilio M. Ricardo Jr.


A Department of Defense civilian employee plays with local refugee children in Dar Ul Aman, Kabul, Afghanistan, April 8, 2007, in support of a volunteer community outreach program. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Cecilio M. Ricardo Jr.


A local refugee child stands in front of his home, a building filled with approximately 1,000 refugees in Dar Ul Aman, Kabul, Afghanistan, April 8, 2007. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Cecilio M. Ricardo Jr


A U.S. Air Force airman holds a local refugee child in Dar Ul Aman, Kabul, Afghanistan, April 8, 2007, in support of a volunteer community outreach program. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Cecilio M. Ricardo Jr.

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