UN warns on Afghanistan reverting to terrorism

[ze_dscherman]

A United Nations body will warn this week that Afghanistan is in danger of reverting to a "terrorist breeding ground" with an economy dependent on the illegal drug trade unless the international community significantly increases development funding to the war-torn country.


The warning comes in a UN Development Programme report to be presented to the international Afghanistan conference, which opens in Berlin on Wednesday.

The report, obtained by the Financial Times, complains that "aid . . . has been much lower than expected or promised. In comparison to other conflict or post-conflict situations Afghanistan appears to have been neglected".

SNIP

The UNDP report notes Iraq is receiving "10 times as much development assistance with roughly the same size of population". Development inflows amount to $67 per person, compared with $248 in Bosnia Herzegovina and $256 in East Timor, according to the report.

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[drhilarius]

1. "wham, bam

thank you ma'am." Afghanistan served its purpose as the jumping point for the invasion of Iraq. the Bushies could give less of a damn about it. Actually it works out for repubs. They turn it into a terrorist hotbed, then when the terrorists strike, during a demo admin., they can simply blame it on the dems.