Settling damage claims a sure but slow way to edge out shadow governments

Staff Sgt. Martin Sierra, a non-commissioned officer with the 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion, works with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team and Afghan National Army soldiers of the 203rd Corps to ensure that damage claims are settled with local Afghans in a fair and amicable manner, May 9, 2012, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. The faces of the claimant has been blurred to protect them from Taliban retribution.