In three volatile districts in Laghman province, 190 young men recently completed a USAID-funded vocational training program designed to provide marketable jobs skills. The successful training program took place in areas plagued by an intense insurgent recruitment effort, providing unskilled young men with the training they need to find well-paid jobs in metal work; tailoring; and maintenance of motorbikes, bicycles, and generators. Matching skills with community needs, the program is bringing employment to the province while supporting the government's counterinsurgency efforts. USAID plans to expand vocational training to more youth in Laghman and other provinces in eastern Afghanistan.