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United States Is Leading Donor of Assistance to Afghanistan

01 February 2006

State Department fact sheet outlines U.S. financial commitment to Afghanistan

The United States is the leading donor to Afghanistan, committing increasing amounts of financial resources to Afghan reconstruction, including significant governance, reconstruction and security assistance, according to a State Department fact sheet.

The fact sheet on U.S. assistance to Afghanistan was issued February 1 during the London Conference on Afghanistan, a gathering of high-level government delegations and representatives from international organizations to chart the future of international engagement with Afghanistan.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on January 31 at the conference announced $1.1 billion in additional U.S. aid to support reconstruction in Afghanistan.  The pledge would add to the more than $10.3 billion in U.S. security and reconstruction assistance to Afghanistan between fiscal years 2001 and 2006. (See related article.)

Following is the text of the fact sheet:

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
February 1, 2006

Summary of U.S. Assistance

London Conference on Afghanistan

The United States is by far the leading donor to Afghanistan, a pace that has accelerated over the past two years as we have committed increasing amounts of major financial resources to Afghan reconstruction.  This includes significant governance, reconstruction and security assistance.

U.S. pledges made at previous donor conferences provide a clear demonstration of the long-term U.S. commitment to Afghanistan's future.  Our consistent record of meeting and exceeding our pledges for the country's reconstruction is unparalleled.  At Tokyo in 2002, we pledged $296 million and met that pledge within months, going on to provide well over three times the amount.  In Dubai in 2003 we pledged $1.2 billion, at the 2004 Berlin conference we committed an additional $1 billion, and by the end of the year had met and exceeded this total by over $100 million.  In London, the United States will continue to stand by the people of Afghanistan as they build a democratic, secure and prosperous country.

· Exceeding previous pledges, the United States has appropriated an additional $5.9 billion since the March 2004 Berlin conference.

· Total U.S. assistance to Afghanistan, FY 2001 - FY 2006, is over $10.3 billion.

· In addition, Secretary Condoleezza Rice announced in the January 2006 London Conference on Afghanistan that the U.S. will also seek $1.1 billion in its 2007 budget request, which the Administration will submit to Congress in early February 2006.

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(Distributed by the Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State. Web site: http://usinfo.state.gov)