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| Kazakhstan Pledges $5m Aid to Afghanistan | |
| 2009-11-24 | |
| [Quqnoos] Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister in his trip to Kabul on Sunday pledged $5 million of aid to Afghanistan over the next five years. The aid would only be disbursed for the improvement of education in Afghanistan. Foreign Minister, Kanat Saudabaev, held talks with his Afghan counterpart, Rangin Dadfer Spanta and other Afghan officials in the Afghan capital, Kabul. Mr Saudabaev said that the aid would be spent on 1,000 scholarships for Afghan students over the next five years and he emphasised on the long-term contribution of his country to Afghanistan.
Earlier, Japan also announced $5 billion aid to Afghanistan, which would be given to the Afghan government in the next five years. As countries start to deliver aid to Afghanistan, pressure is also mounting on the Afghan government to fight the rampant corruption in its administration. Western officials say that most of the aid to Afghanistan had been looted and it did not reach the people who need it the most. Following the Western official's calls, Afghan President Hamid Karzai promised in his inauguration to take strong measures against corruption. | |
| Posted by:Fred |