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 Washington, D.C., Jan. 2, 2002 -- Responding to the current crisis, the Voice of America has again increased its broadcasts to Afghanistan. According to audience surveys, four out of five adult males in Afghanistan listen to VOA every week, and more than nine out of ten say that VOA's broadcasts are "relevant" to their interests.

As a result of the increases over the past two weeks, VOA's broadcasts to Afghanistan now total three hours a day in Dari and Pashto. In addition, VOA has increased its broadcasting hours throughout the Middle East and Central Asia and now features 12 hours a day in Arabic, 6 hours in Farsi, one hour in Turkish, 2 1/2 hours in Urdu, and one hour in Uzbek.

These broadcasts are carried both via shortwave and medium wave (AM) radio and live-streamed on the Internet at www.voanews.com.

The Voice of America is a multimedia international broadcasting service funded by the U.S. Government. VOA broadcasts over 900 hours of news, informational, educational, and cultural programming every week to a worldwide audience of 91 million. Programs are produced and broadcast in English and 52 other languages.

For additional information, please contact the Office of External Affairs at (202) 619-2538 or send email to pubaff@voa.gov.