EU increases its assistance to Afghanistan.

Text of report by ISAF-funded Afghan Radio Sada-e Azadi on 1 June

The European Union [EU] will increase by 50m euro its 150m-euro donations to the Afghan government every year, the EU ambassador to Afghanistan has told a press conference, after meeting the governor of [northern] Balkh Province today.

[Correspondent] The EU has decided to increase its assistance to Afghanistan by 50m euro yearly, the EU ambassador told a press conference in Balkh Province after his meeting with Balkh Governor Atta Mohammad Nur. He added that the EU used to spend 150m euro for Afghanistan's reconstruction annually, but from …