| | Bureau of South Asian AffairsAssistant Secretary Christina B. Rocca heads the Bureau of South Asian Affairs, which deals with U.S. foreign policy and U.S. relations with the countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
South Asian Affairs contact information:
Office of Afghanistan: (202) 647-5511
Office of India, Nepal and Sri Lanka: (202) 647-2141
Office of Pakistan and Bangladesh: (202) 647-9552
Office of Regional Affairs: (202) 736-4255
Office of Public Diplomacy: (202) 647-7653
 | | | Highlights | 2005 India Jazz and Heritage Tour
Secretary Powell (Dec. 14): "This year's jazz tour will help to highlight the importance of fighting HIV/AIDS and it will do so in the world's largest democracy, India. But the tour will accomplish so much more than that. Music, especially jazz music, has the power to lift the human spirit in its quest to overcome adversity. Jazz was born from the American people's struggle to conquer prejudice and stigma in our society." [full text]
 Afghanistan: Building a Free, New Society
Hamid Karzai, the first democratically elected President in Afghanistan's history, was inaugurated on December 7, 2004. Fact sheet describes Afghanistan's progress in democracy, education, health, infrastructure, economic growth, and security and stability. 
 Emergency Wheat Seed Distribution
U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad announced a wheat seed distribution program for farmers in Nangarhar Province in Afghanistan. The program is part of the counternarcotics alternative livelihoods program and will allow farmers to plant 2,800 hectares of wheat instead of poppy.
 President and President Musharraf Discuss International Relations, Commerce
President Bush (Dec 4): "We discussed international politics. I assured President Musharraf that there is an opportunity at hand to work toward the development of a Palestinian state and peace in the Middle East." [full text]
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