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Bureau of South Asian Affairs

Assistant 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

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Highlights
Secretary Powell meets with Sri Lankan tsunami victims at a relief distribution center in Galle, Sri LankaTsunami Relief Efforts
Secretary Powell visited the tsunami-affected areas of South Asia. He met with officials of the concerned governments and also observing first hand some of the areas that have seen devastation. [Remarks to the press in Sri Lanka]

Afghan National Conference on Counter Narcotics
Embassy Kabul, working with Afghan colleagues and the Rendon Group, hosted an Afghan National Conference on Counter Narcotics December 9-11 for more than 600 national leaders from each province. Embassy Kabul, working with Afghan colleagues and the Rendon Group, hosted an Afghan National Conference on Counter Narcotics December 9-11 for more than 600 national leaders from each province. President Karzai called for the end of the poppy trade in Afghanistan and his messages resonated around the nation and were cited in national and international stories for more than a month.

Muslim Outreach in Pakistan
Peshawar Principal Officer Mike Spangler, on a recent visit to Madrassah Haqqania in Attock in the North West Frontier Province, joins 7-year-old students who are reciting the Koran.The student next to him is a little girl, showing that some madaris are not stictly segregated by sex. The Peshawar and Karachi Consulates have been reaching out to the Muslim religious communities in their districts. State Department Photo. Peshawar Principal Officer Mike Spangler, on a recent visit to Madrassah Haqqania in Attock in the North West Frontier Province, joins 7-year-old students who are reciting the Koran.The student next to him is a little girl, showing that some madaris are not stictly segregated by sex. The Peshawar and Karachi Consulates have been reaching out to the Muslim religious communities in their districts.

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]

  
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