{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Kabul Press","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.kabulpress.org","title":"NATO\u2019s Illegal Provincial Reconstruction Teams","author_name":"Matthew J. Nasuti (Former U.S. Air Force Captain)","width":"600","height":"400","url":"https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article4239.html","html":"\u003Ch4 class='title'\u003E\u003Ca href='https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article4239.html'\u003ENATO\u2019s Illegal Provincial Reconstruction Teams\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cblockquote class='spip'\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003Eby:  Matthew J. Nasuti, former U.S. Air Force Captain and U.S. State Department Official \n\u003Cbr class='autobr' \/\u003E\nNATO operates 26 Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) in Afghanistan, with a goal to add teams to every one of its 34 provinces.  The PRTs primarily consist of military personnel, with a mix of civilian aid officials and technical experts.  They serve a dual function of supporting military operations and aiding civilian reconstruction and are an integral part of NATO\u2019s counterinsurgency (COIN) war (\u2026)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n"}