Making Afghanistan Self-Reliant: The Infrastructure and Mining Sector the Country Needs


Publisher: Foreign Affairs

Author(s): Rohullah Osmani and Jan Brecht-Clark

Date: 2016

Topics: Extractive Resources, Governance

Countries: Afghanistan

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i early October, representatives from about 70 countries and 30 international organizations and agencies will gather in Brussels to attend the Partnership for Prosperity and Peace conference on Afghanistan. The meeting comes as the country is facing security and political challenges, declining economic growth, and a brain drain. It will serve as a platform to review the government’s progress since the Tokyo conference in July 2012 and the London conference in December 2014 and to set out a vision for continuing reform and growth. It will also be an opportunity for the donor community to renew its commitment to sustained political and financial support for lasting peace, state building, and development in Afghanistan