Japan has pledged $5 billion in additional assistance to Afghanistan’s government just days before US President Obama arrives in Tokyo for an official visit on Friday, 13 November. The increase in aid will go towards building schools, demining, training policement, and rehabilitating Taliban fighters. Obama is to announce a new strategy for the US presence in Afghanistan after he has finished with consultations, perhaps before the end of the week.
The US has said it will expect Afghan President Hamid Karzai to meet clear measures to reduce the corruption that is seen to plague his administration. Western countries have increasingly seen corruption and a lack of transparency as undermining the the government’s legitimacy, putting a brake on development and giving the Taliban a political opening among the population. AFP, Bloomberg, New York Times
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News story, GenevaLunch, 10 November 2009.
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Tags: Afghanistan, assistance, corruption, development aid, Hamid Karzai, Japan, Taliban, US President Obama
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November 10th, 2009 at 1:23 pm
Karzai, is a corrupt person himself. He lacks manegment skills to run a country. He supports corrupt people like wali karzai and marshal fahim because he make money out of it as well. He is not elected as presedint by the nation of afghanistan therefore he do not have any legitmacy. He should be dragged to court for the coruption stealing peoez money and for killing inncocents.