U.S. Sees $2 Billion Extra Aid for Afghanistan

[Khephra]

U.S. Sees $2 Billion Extra Aid for Afghanistan
Thu September 18, 2003 10:09 AM ET
By Glenn Somerville

KABUL (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow said on Thursday he hoped Afghanistan would receive around $2 billion in extra aid, warning that failure to rebuild the war-ravaged country "cannot be an option."

On a lightning visit to Kabul, where he met senior officials including President Hamid Karzai, Snow said the United States had pledged around $1 billion in extra donations, and that the amount should be matched by the rest of the world.

"The U.S. has talked in terms of a billion dollars and we've said we want to see the rest of the world...contribute at a minimum a like amount," he told reporters after talks in Kabul.

Snow was due to fly to Pakistan later on Thursday before participating in a donor conference on Afghanistan in Dubai over the weekend, which will be held on the sidelines of semi-annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank.

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[Parche]

1. Hey Bush

Do you think you can give aid to your own country?
We still have homeless and hungry in the US

[Skittles]

2. actually

our dipshit "president" was NOT even aware there were hungry people in "his own state" - TEXAS. x(