An Afghan boy tries to communicate in the local Pashto language to Pfc. Buddy Moon, as other soldiers with Company C, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment search for a reported Taliban weapons cache in the village of Jelewar in the Arghandab valley near Kandahar, Afghanistan. Afghan children frequently pester U.S. troops for pens, gum, candy and other small items. April 4, 2010. DREW BROWN/STARS AND STRIPES