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A group of women in rural Bamiyan Province, west of Kabul, volunteer their time and resources to run a legal aid center and shelter for women. The center connects women with various government and international agencies and offers them education in literacy and hand crafts. Faced with uncertainty about the future of international aid, the women resolve to not only keep the center running, but expand it as well. This version includes voiceover and graphics.

Colonel Gulbahar leads the men of the 3rd Kandak, 1st Brigade in Jowzjan. The capital of the province was handed over to Afghan forces in January. Since then, security has been stable. This version includes voiceover and graphics.

Afghan women have made huge progress in the last ten years with a record number of girls attending school and university; and female politicians from M.Ps to Governors now accepted as representatives of their people. But for many Afghan women, poverty and hardship are still an everyday reality. Here, two women from Herat share their stories. Includes interview with Shahida, widow. Kharogh District, Herat province and Ziagul, divorced. Nowabad District, Herat province.

The operational headquarters for NATO’s future ballistic missile defense capability passed a significant technical and operational test at the beginning of April as it conducted a series of simulated engagements. This version includes graphics and voiceover. Also available in high definition.

NATO has extended its Air Policing mission to the Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. The agreement is a good example of Smart Defense. It shows how the Alliance can balance political and military needs in difficult economic times. Produced by Mike Muhlberger. This version includes graphics and voiceover.

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen met with members of the Afghan Commandos at a camp in Kabul earlier today. It’s his fifth visit to Afghanistan since taking on his position as head of NATO. This version includes graphics and voiceover.

On the day the Afghan Parliament came under attack, a Member of Parliament grabbed a PK machine gun and started a counter attack from the roof. It was an instinctive reaction for Lalai Hamidzai. He’s a former commander for the Afghan border police and has survived two assasination attempts. Also available in high definition.

NATO hosts a classroom-to-classroom video exchange of musical selections and questions between students of Kelly High School in Chicago and the Afghanistan National Institute of Music. Includes sound bites from Ahmad Sarmast, Founder and Director of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music, NATO Ambassador, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, Mohammad Khan, Music Teacher, Negin Khapawlak, Student, Hojat Hameed, Student, and Ricardo Fores, Student of Kelly High School.

Still a relatively unknown sport in Afghanistan, Table Tennis is only practiced in a handful of areas. Shazia, has excelled so much in the sport over the last couple of years that she is now a member of the women's national team. Includes sound bites from Mustafa, Manager Of Sports Facility, Mazar, and Atiquallah Atiq, Shazia's Uncle, Customs Officer.

More and more areas of Afghanistan are transitioning to Afghan security control in preparation for the start of the coalition drawdown in 2014. We profile Jowzjan province in northern Afghanistan. This version includes voiceover and graphics.