USA strikes backthe war in picturesThe TribuneOctober 18, 2001 |

An Afghan refugee boy looks out from under an awning covering personal belongings on a truck after crossing the Pakistan-Afghan border at Chaman, 130 km northwest of Baluchistan's provincial capital Quetta, on Wednesday. The United States said on Tuesday it would purchase $38.5 million of US agricultural commodities as part of President Bush's humanitarian aid package to feed millions of Afghan refugees threatened by war and drought. Washington was hurrying to double the amount of US food aid into Afghanistan before the start of an unforgiving winter season. —REUTERS