Provincial Reconstruction Team
A Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) is a group of forty to eighty civilians and military specialists who perform small reconstruction projects or provide security for others involved in aid work. PRTs are backed by national and international security forces.
A PRT includes a military component, aid agencies, civilian contractors and sometimes police agencies.
In late 2003 there were six PRTs in Afghan cities, Herat, Bamiyan, Kunduz, Mazar-i-Sharif, Gardez and Parwan. Three were operated by the United States and one each was operated by Great Britain, Germany and New Zealand.
Canadian forces provide similar services under the name Civil-Military Co-operation.