The expected pullout of foreign troops from Afghanistan in the next four years will come with a decrease in development aid, experts warn.
“Because development assistance is attached to stability objectives there is a fear that as the international military leaves, the world will forget Afghanistan once again,” Ashley Jackson, head of advocacy and communication at Oxfam International in Kabul, told IRIN.
Canada is expected to halve its aid for Afghanistan once its troops withdraw next year.
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Yama Torabi, co-director of corruption watchdog Integrity Watch Afghanistan, said less aid may, in fact, do more good in the Islamic nation.
“Too much aid without proper monitoring is more vulnerable to misuse and corruption, but less aid through appropriate development channels will be more effective and transparent,” said Torabi.
