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    US announces fresh aid for Afghanistan

    The United States is expected to announce on Monday about $300 million in fresh aid programs to help Afghanistan mitigate the effects of the drawdown of foreign troops and likely receiving less official development assistance this year.

    By Carlos Santamaria // 10 February 2014
    Farmers harvest wheat in Afghanistan. The United States will announce $300 million in fresh aid programs for the country, $125 million of which will be for improving Afghanistan's agricultural sector. Photo by: USAID Afghanistan

    How much U.S. aid will Afghanistan actually get in fiscal year 2014?

    Washington is expected to announce on Monday about $300 million in fresh aid programs to help Afghanistan mitigate the effects of the drawdown of foreign troops and likely receiving less official development assistance this year.

    Larry Sampler, U.S. Agency for International Development mission chief in Kabul, told Reuters on Sunday the total amount will be disbursed as follows:

    • $125 million to improve the country’s agricultural sector, especially agribusiness and facilitating access to markets.

    • $77-million to open up the nation to international trade and investment, with the ultimate goal of joining the World Trade Organization by late 2014 or early next year.

    • $100 million to help Afghan college students acquire professional skills in partnership with U.S. universities.

    This boost in U.S. aid to Afghanistan comes less than a month after Congress decided to slash ODA to the country by half for fiscal year 2014, while both governments continue to haggle over a controversial security agreement to extend U.S. military presence in the Central Asian nations that Afghan President Hamid Karzai to this day refuses to budge on. The Obama administration’s omnibus spending bill includes $2.19 billion for Afghanistan, but lawmakers — many frustrated with waste and corruption reports — have only approved spending $1.12 billion.

    It will also be interesting to see how future U.S. aid policy to the country will influence other donors, especially those that committed big amounts in pledges but could hold back partially if the United States will spend less than expected.

    Read more on U.S. aid reform online, and subscribe to The Development Newswire to receive top international development headlines from the world’s leading donors, news sources and opinion leaders — emailed to you FREE every business day.

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    • SIGAR looks into 10 years of US aid to Afghanistan

    • War of words on US aid to Afghanistan

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    • Carlos Santamaria

      Carlos Santamaria

      Carlos is a former associate editor for breaking news in Devex's Manila-based news team. He joined Devex after a decade working for international wire services Reuters, AP, Xinhua, EFE ,and Philippine social news network Rappler in Madrid, Beijing, Manila, New York, and Bangkok. During that time, he also covered natural disasters on the ground in Myanmar and Japan.

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