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 PUBLIC LAW 107-327—DEC. 4, 2002 116 STAT. 2801 (4) RESTABLISHMENT OF FOOD SECURITY, REHABILITATION OF THE AGRICULTURE SECTOR, IMPROVEMENT IN HEALTH CONDI- TIONS, AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE. — To assist in expanding access to markets in Afghanistan, to increase the availability of food in markets in Afghanistan, to rehabihtate the agriculture sector in Afghanistan by creating jobs for former combatants, returning refugees, and internally displaced persons, to improve health conditions, and assist in the rebuilding of basic infrastructure in Afghanistan, including assistance such as— (A) rehabilitation of the agricultural infrastructure, including irrigation systems and rural roads; (B) extension of credit; (C) provision of critical agricultural inputs, such as seeds, tools, and fertilizer, and strengthening of seed multiplication, certification, and distribution systems; (D) improvement in the quantity and quality of water available through, among other things, rehabilitation of existing irrigation systems and the development of local capacity to manage irrigation systems; (E) livestock rehabilitation through market development and other mechanisms to distribute stocks to replace those stocks lost as a result of conflict or drought; (F) mine awareness and demining programs and programs to assist mine victims, war orphans, and widows; (G) programs relating to infant and young child feeding, immunizations, vitamin A supplementation, and prevention and treatment of diarrheal diseases and respiratory infections; (H) programs to improve maternal and child health and reduce maternal and child mortality; (I) programs to improve hygienic and sanitation practices and for the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis and malaria; (J) programs to reconstitute the delivery of health care, including the reconstruction of health clinics or other basic health infrastructure, with particular emphasis on health care for children who are orphans; (K) programs for housing (including repairing homes damaged during military operations), rebuilding urban infrastructure, and supporting basic urban services; and (L) disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration of armed combatants into society, particularly child soldiers. (5) RESTABLISHMENT OF AFGHANISTAN AS A VIABLE NATION- STATE. —(A) To assist in the development of the capacity of the Government of Afghanistan to meet the needs of the people of Afghanistan through, among other things, support for the development and expansion of democratic and market-based institutions, including assistance such as— (i) support for international organizations that provide civil advisers to the Government of Afghanistan; (ii) support for an educated citizenry through improved access to basic education, with particular emphasis on basic education for children who are orphans, with particular emphasis on basic education for children;

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