U.S. to Seek New Afghan Aid Package Of $1 Billion Planned Boost Comes Amid Criticism of Reconstruction
By Vernon Loeb and Glenn Kessler Washington Post Staff Writers Sunday, July 27, 2003; Page A01 The $1 billion package, which more than triples the $300 million Afghanistan receives, represents new spending on Afghanistan and is designed to fund projects that can be completed within a year to have maximum impact on the lives of the Afghan people before scheduled elections in October 2004, the officials said, speaking on the condition of anonymity. Although Congress authorized $3.3 billion in financial and military assistance to Afghanistan in the fall of 2001, a relatively small part of that amount has been spent. Testifying in June before the House International Relations Committee, Barnett R. Rubin, former special adviser to the United Nations on Afghanistan, said that $200 million in construction projects have been completed. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51273-2003Jul26.html _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
