Canada Announces $26 Million Afghan Aid Program
A British soldier standing guard outside a Kabul school in June (epa)
International Cooperation Minister Josee Verner, who visited Afghanistan on October 22, said in a statement that nearly half of the money is to be used to build schools and train 4,000 female school teachers for some 120,000 schoolchildren, most of them girls, in 11 Afghan provinces.
The Canadian statement said another $4.4 million is to be used to help some 1,500 Afghan women grow and sell fruits and vegetables.
(with material from AFP)
A U.S. military vehicle damaged by insurgents near Kandahar (epa)
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