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Afghanistan
EU Suspends Afghan Aid over Reform Failure
2012-11-13
[An Nahar] The European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
announced Monday that it is suspending 20 million euros in aid for Afghanistan, warning that cash will be increasingly conditional on the government sticking to agreed reforms.

Payment of the 20 million euros ($25 million), aimed at reforming the justice system, was deferred because of a lack of progress on the issue, EU ambassador Vygaudas Usackas said.

He was speaking at the signing of a 60 million euros financing agreement on "efficient and effective governance" and "justice for all" with Afghan Finance Minister Omar Zakhiwal.

"If the European Union is deeply committed in supporting Afghanistan, it needs to stress that in the spirit of the Tokyo agreement support will be increasingly conditional of the delivery of the Afghan government on the agreed reform agenda," Usackas said.

Donor nations meeting in Tokyo in July pledged $16 billion for Afghanistan through 2015 to prevent the country from sliding into turmoil when foreign combat troops depart in 2014, but called on Kabul to implement reforms to fight graft.

The EU and member states had pumped 1.2 billion euros a year into supporting Afghanistan's development over the past decade and were committed to maintaining at least that level after the withdrawal of NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis....
troops, Usackas said.
Posted by:Fred

#1  So the aid is conditional but the loans are guaranteed. Brilliant.
Posted by: American Delight   2012-11-13 06:28  

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