Provincial reconstruction team

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A Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) is a small operating base from which a group of sixty to more than one hundred civilians and military specialists work to perform small reconstruction projects or provide security for others involved in aid work. Within these PRTs there are typically 3-5 civilians and the remainder is made up of military forces. PRTs are backed by national and international security forces. PRTs were originally built and operated by US forces as means of facilitating reconstruction efforts in provinces outside the capital, Kabul. Following NATO involvement in Afghanistan, the command of many PRTs was transferred from the US forces to the peacekeeping forces of the nations under the International Security Assistance Force(ISAF).

A PRT includes a military component (Civil Affairs/Force Protection), aid agencies (USAID), civilian contractors such as (KBR), and civilian police advisors. The respective Departments of State for the countries operating the PRTs also have representatives. Additionally, the United States currently has a number of Department of Agriculture representatives working at the PRT's to assist in agricultural recovery.

PRTs in Afghan cities (as of September 2005):

ISAF PRT's Baghlan (Netherlands), Chaghcharan (Lithuania), Farah (US), Feyzabad (GE), Herat (IT), Kunduz (GE) Mazar-i-Sharif (UK), Meymaneh (UK), Qala-e Naw (SP)

CJTF-76 PRT's Asadabad (US), Bamiyan (NZ), Gardez (US), Ghazni (US), Jalalabad (US), Kandahar (CA), Khowst (US), Lashkar Gah (US), Mehtarlam (US), Parwan (US/ROK), Qalat (US), Sharana (US), Tarin-Kowt (US)

Canadian forces provide similar services under the name Civil-Military Co-operation.de:Provincial Reconstruction Team