The Netherlands has threatened not to go ahead with its 2010 reconstruction aid for Afghanistan worth 25 million euros (USD37 million) if the government of President Hamid Karzai fails to "take measurable steps against corruption,"
reports. According to ministry spokeswoman Annelou van Egmond, Dutch Development Cooperation Minister Bert Koenders made the assertion before parliament, which annually votes on Afghan aid. The funding will be used to cover salaries of teachers and medical personnel, and go toward projects providing electricity infrastructure, drinking water and microcredits, van Egmond added.
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