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116 STAT. 2802 PUBLIC LAW 107-327—DEC. 4, 2002 (iii) programs to enable the Government of Afghanistan to recruit and train teachers, with special focus on the recruitment and training of female teachers; (iv) programs to enable the Government of Afghanistan to develop school curriculum that incorporates relevant information such as landmine awareness, food security and agricultural education, human rights awareness, including religious freedom, and civic education; (v) support for the activities of the Government of Afghanistan to draft a new constitution, other legal frameworks, and other initiatives to promote the rule of law in Afghanistan, including the recognition of religious freedom in the constitution and other legal frameworks; (vi) support to increase the transparency, accoiuitability, and participatory nature of governmental institutions, including programs designed to combat corruption and other programs for the promotion of good governance; (vii) support for an independent media; (viii) programs that support the expanded participation of women and members of all ethnic groups in government at national, regional, and local levels; (ix) programs to strengthen civil society organizations that promote human rights, including religious freedom, freedom of expression, and freedom of association, and support human rights monitoring; (x) support for Afghan and international efforts to investigate human rights atrocities committed in Afghanistan by the Taliban regime, opponents of such regime, and terrorist groups operating in Afghanistan, including the collection of forensic evidence relating to such atrocities; (xi) support for national, regional, and local elections and political party development; (xii) support for the effective administration of justice at the national, regional, and local levels, including the establishment of a responsible and community-based police force; (xiii) support for establishment of a central bank and central budgeting authority; and (xiv) assistance in identifying and surveying key road and rail routes essential for economic renewal in Afghanistan and the region, support in reconstructing those routes, and support for the establishment of a customs service and training for customs officers. (B) For each of the fiscal years 2003 through 2005, $10,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated to the President to be made available for the purposes of carrying out a traditional Afghan assembly or "Loya Jirga" and for support for national, regional, and local elections and political party development under subparagraph (A)(xi). (6) MARKET ECONOMY.—To support the establishment of a market economy, the establishment of private financial institutions, the adoption of policies to promote foreign direct investment, the development of a basic telecommunication infrastructure, and the development of trade and other commercial links with countries in the region and with the United States, including policies to—