USA strikes backthe war in picturesThe TribuneOctober 24, 2001 |

A Pakistani Air Force security man guards a US air force cargo plane while ground personnel unload donations from USAID agency at the Chakala Airbase near Islamabad on October 23, 2001. The USA is contributing $320 million dollars in humanitarian assistance to ease a growing refugee problem in Afghanistan triggered by daily US military bombing. The total includes $25 million dollars authorised by President Bush for Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance found to assist a large number of refugees who could cross from Afghanistan into surrounding countries. —REUTERS