Rakkasan soldiers from Company C, 3rd Battalion, 187th

Rakkasan soldiers from Company C, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, and Afghan National Army soldiers from the 3rd Kandak, 3rd Brigade, 203rd Corps stop to take a break during a joint mission as part of Operation Tabar V in Ghazni province Aug. 8. The four-day operation was designed to disrupt insurgent operations in the area and to build relations with local village leaders and elders. Operation Tabar V was in support of 203rd ANA Corps’ Operation Shamshir, an operation to shape security conditions prior to September parliamentary elections.