Saturday, February 22, 2003
WORLD AID TO AFGHANISTAN:
Major donor nations including Japan and the United States on Saturday pledged a total of $50.7 million in aid to help reintegrate former Afghan combatants into society at a conference on peace in the war-torn country, with Afghanistan reiterating its commitments to consolidate peace.The specifics?
Japan pledged $35 million, the U.S. $10 million, Britain $3.5 million and Canada $2.2 million, covering the estimated $50 million needed for the initial year to implement the DDR program for former combatants, according to the chairman's summary issued after the end of the meeting.Funny, I don't see Germany or France on that list.