Signing ceremony at Da Afghanistan BankKabul, Afghanistan May 25, 2002
U.S. Ambassador Robert P. Finn signs an agreement for a grant provided by the U.S. Agency for International Development to Da Afghanistan Bank (the Central Bank) as the Bank's Governor, Dr. Anwar-ul-Haq Ahady, looks on from the right. Also pictured are Craig Buck, USAID Mission Director (second from the left) and Ahmed Idrees Rahmani, a program officer for USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives (left). The USAID grant will facilitate the transfer of money between Afghanistan and the international financial community and establish a communications link between the Bank's headquarters in Kabul and its offices in Herat, Kandahar, Nangarhar and Mazar-e-Sharif. The grant will facilitate the transfer of money between Afghanistan and the international financial community and establish a communications link between the Bank's headquarters in Kabul and its offices in Herat, Kandahar, Nangarhar and Mazar-e-Sharif. (Photo by DOS -Sally Hodgson) |
