U.S. Army Tours Construction Project At Hospital

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - JANUARY 30: Lt. Colonel Christopher Carney (R), with the U.S. Army Reserve, gives a tour to members of the U.S. Army, Coalition Joint Civil Military Operations (CJCMOTF) while explaining the on-going construction at the Rabia Balkhi Women's Hospital January 30, 2003 in Kabul, Afghanistan. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson stated that the U.S. government is providing $5 million to rebuild the hospital in Afghanistan's capital and create four teaching clinics elsewhere in the country for maternal and child health care. The U.S. Army is overseeing and engineering the rehabilitation of the hospital which is being called a "National Impact Project." The Afghan hospital for women was closed down in November 2002 in order for a complete renovation to take place. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)