Berlin - Germany is to double its aid to Afghanistan for reconstruction and development, Chancellor Angela Merkel said in Berlin on Tuesday. Germany would now provide some 430 million euros (606 million dollars) until 2013 to improve infrastructure, education and employment opportunities.
"Without reconstruction, we cannot have security," Merkel said.
In addition, Berlin would provide 10 million euros per year for a Taliban-reintegration program, thought to be part of a 500-million- dollar program that will be agreed at a major NATO conference on Afghanistan to take place in London on Thursday.
The number of police and army trainers would also be boosted, Merkel said.
Merkel announced earlier Tuesday that Germany would send up to 850 extra troops to its contingent in Afghanistan, mostly in the north of the country.
Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/305848,extra-merkel-germany-will-double-development-aid-to-afghans.html.
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