USDA SUPPORTS AKF PROJECTS IN NORTHERN AFGHANISTAN - 2003-11-11

In her meeting with President Hamid Karzai, Secretary Veneman talked about USDA's many efforts and programs, especially school feeding for Afghan children. USDA is now in its second year of supporting an Aga Khan Foundation project in the north of Afghanistan. A donation of $9 million in U.S. powdered milk is being used in the region, in part, to provide milk to more than 20,000 children.