Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus met US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, as their Afghanistan itineraries crossed in the International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) managed sector of Kabul International Airport Wednesday morning.

The meeting coincided with the departure of Adamkus to visit the Lithuanian-led ISAF provincial reconstruction team (PRT) in Chagcharan, Ghowr province, a press release of NATO-led multinational force said.

Lithuania has approximately 100 troops with the ISAF mission, and has led the 200-strong PRT (provincial reconstruction team) in Chagcharan since its creation in July 2005.

In conjunction with the PRT, the US Agency for International Development has identified over 1 million dollars-worth of projects in Ghowr province since July 2005, including the recently completed sanitation system for Chaghcharan Hospital, to be opened on Wednesday.

The hospital serves approximately 200 patients daily and the new system will provide clean conditions for operations, showers and flushing water toilets to improve the provincial health service.

The United States has approximately 400 personnel working with the NATO mission and leads the PRT in Farah province, also in the western region of Afghanistan, where ISAF operates to extend the influence of the Afghan government.

Source: Xinhua