[KhaamaPress] The German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) has committed to invest about AFN 5.1 billion (EUR 59 million), focussing on good governance, sustainable economic development as well as urban development and municipal infrastructure.
According to a statement released by German Cooperation with Afghanistan, an additional AFN 8.7 billion (EUR 100 million) shall be allocated to the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF). Since 2001, the German government has invested about AFN 345 billion (EUR 4.06 billion) in Afghanistan.
| Strategy Page points out that Afghanistan’s GDP has grown four-fold since we drove out the Taliban in 2001, mostly due to foreign aid, followed by Taliban-controlled drug profits. |
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