Life in an Afghan Village in Paktika Province

ORGUNE, PAKTIKA - OCTOBER 13: Tea is served to village elders and members of the U.S. Army during a weekly meeting called a Shura to discuss issues of local governance October 13, 2009 in Orgune, Afghanistan. While located in the heart of the tense Pashtun belt of eastern Afghanistan, the town of Orgun has been spared the worst of the violence that has afflicted nearby villages, allowing residents who fled the area during Soviet invasion in the 1980s and civil war in the 1990s to return and rebuilt a semblance of normal life. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)