 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Mushure mekusimudzirwa kuita colonel uye kupedza kudzidza kwake akatora hutungamiriri hwe360th Civil Affairs Brigade Airborne kuFort Jackson, South Carolina muna Chikunguru 2003, akazounganidzwa ndokuendeswa kuCentral Command Area of Operations semutungamiriri weCombined Joint Civil Affairs Task Force Task Force Victoryiyo yakapa mabasa ose ehurumende-ehondo muAfghanistan yose kubva munaSeptember 2004 kusvika munaJuly 2005. Zvikurukuru, Sands akatarisira kugadzwa kwe23 Provincial Reconstruction Teams muAfghanistan yose. Chimwe chezvinhu zvikuru zvakaitwa naSands kwaiva kudzorerwa nokuvakwazve kwemamoski anopfuura 500, zvikoro 300, uye zvipatara 40 nenzvimbo dzokurapa. Pamusoro pezvo, akatenda pachake naDr. Ashraf Ghani uyo aive panguva iyoyo, Mutungamiri weKabul University nekuda kwekuedza kwakaitwa naSands kudzorera iyo institution kuzere kugona kushanda kusanganisira kudzoreredza mosque yeyunivhesiti. 