A Croatian soldier operating out of Camp Marmal, Regional

A Croatian soldier operating out of Camp Marmal, Regional Command North, poses for a photo with local children here, Nov. 24, 2011. The soldier was part of a Civil-Military Co-operation project that donated new blackboards to an Afghan schoolhouse. International Security Assistance Force Regional Command North supports Afghan National Security Forces in close coordination and collaboration in providing security and disrupting the insurgents' activities in order to protect the population, secure the highways and support the Afghan Border Patrol operations in the border areas and crossing points in order to set the conditions for economic, social and cultural development in key terrain districts.