Getting in character
February 12, 2011
By Photo by U.S. Army Spc. Tobey White, Task Force Duke Public Affairs Office
Story Highlights
- First shura, or formal meeting, of women in the Jaji Maidan area of eastern Khowst Province in over 2 years
- All female meeting
- Khowst Province
- Jaji Maidan
U.S. Army Maj. Rosemary Reed of the Khowst Provincial Reconstruction Team helps U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Paula Reill of the 3-19th Indiana Agricultural Developement Team with her head scarf before a women's shura held at Jaji Maidan in Khowst Province, Afghanistan, Thursday, Feb. 10. The shura was the first women's shura held with coalition forces. They discussed concerns and issues the women of Jaji Maidan faced in their daily lives.
