Donors pledge $20b for Afghanistan
Saturday, 14 June 2008
Ben Hall, FT Syndication Service
PARIS: Donor countries led by the US late this week pledged more than $20bn to help re-build Afghanistan despite stepping up their criticism of corruption in the administration.
At a Paris conference attended by 68 governments and 12 international organisations, Laura Bush, wife of President George W. Bush, said the US would give $10.2bn (euro6.6bn,
PARIS: Donor countries led by the US late this week pledged more than $20bn to help re-build Afghanistan despite stepping up their criticism of corruption in the administration.
At a Paris conference attended by 68 governments and 12 international organisations, Laura Bush, wife of President George W. Bush, said the US would give $10.2bn (euro6.6bn,