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(From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri)
Integrated strategy key to Afghan development
Haron Amin Special to The Daily Yomiuri
Yomiuri
Afghanistan has reached a critical turning point. Since the Bonn Accord of late 2001 and presidential elections in October last year, the country has taken major steps on the road to political stabilization.
But without robust economic development to provide the jobs and opportunities needed to counter extremist recruitment and a burgeoning narcotics trade, the country faces the real danger that democracy and a free market economy will fail to take root.
Afghanistan's strategy for attracting aid to fuel economic revival has been broadly successful. And in April the Afghan Development Forum held in Kabul pin-pointed the development of infrastructure, energy and human resources as key priorities.