Reconstruction Of Afghanistan

There are more than 14,000 reconstruction projects under way in Afghanistan , such as the Kajaki Dam . Radio Free Europe - Afghanistan: NATO Pleased With Offensive, But Goals Still Unmet
Many of these projects are being supervised by the Provincial Reconstruction Team s. The World Bank contribution is the multilateral Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF), which was set up in May 2002. It is financed by 24 international donor countries and has spent more than $1.37 billion US dollars as of 2007. Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund
Approximately 30 billion US dollars have been provided by the international community for the reconstruction of Afghanistan, most of it from the United States. In 2002, the world community allocated $4 billion US dollars at the Tokyo conference followed by another $4 billion in 2004. In February 2006, $10.5 billion US dollars were committed for Afghanistan at the London Conference ''Government to have greater control over aid pledged in London'' , irinnews.org. and $11 billion from the United States in early 2007.

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More information on Post-Conflict Reconstruction from the Center for Strategic and International Studies

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