From: EurasiaDigest (digest@eurasianet.org)
Date: Thu Feb 02 2006 - 17:17:12 EST
'AFGHANISTAN COMPACT' LAUNCHED IN LONDON
The international community on 31 January launched the five-year Afghanistan Compact together with the Afghan government, assuring continued global support for Afghanistan in the coming years, a joint press statement released by the hosts of the London meeting on Afghanistan indicated (http://www.fco.gov.uk). The two-day conference, which ended on 1 February, was co-hosted by the United Kingdom, Afghanistan, and the United Nations (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 31 January and 1 February 2006). The compact is to be underpinned on the Afghan side by an interim national plan dubbed the Afghan National Development Strategy, which was unveiled on 31 January during the London conference. Both the Afghanistan Compact and the Afghan National Development Strategy are at (http://www.ands.gov.af). AT
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