0 Michelle Parker 2008 Defense and Technology Paper National Defense University - Center for Technology and National Security Policy 09/2008 Afghanistan counterinsurgency budget funding This paper describes one method of programming development funds at a sub-national level to positively affect a counterinsurgency, in this case, in Eastern Afghanistan. It is presented as a practical model for both students in the classroom and operators in the field to understand the complexity of a type of mission that the United States has not attempted since Vietnam. The paper explores how one interagency group, the Jalalabad Provincial econstruction Team (PRT), developed and implemented a strategy for increasing stability in its area of operations by maximizing the resources each agency brought to the table and creating “unity of effort." http://www.ndu.edu/CTNSP/Def_Tech/DTP%2053%20Programming%20Development%20Funds.pdf