Government pledges millions to Afghanistan

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Government pledges millions to Afghanistan

Jul 16, 2008
By Talis Saule Archdeacon

COMMITTED: The new plan hikes investments in Afghanistan, primarily through civilian-led reconstruction projects.

RIGA - The government has officially endorsed a plan to devote millions of lats to reconstruction efforts in the war-torn nation of Afghanistan. The plan allocates more than 11.6 million lats (16.5 million euros) to the NATO-led mission — a significant sum from a country already struggling with a crashing economy and drastic budget cuts. It also commits to a Latvian presence in the country until at least 2013. Ministry of Defense spokesman Arturs Graudins told The Baltic Times that the money ...

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