West Will Give Afghan Forces $4B Per Year: Karzai

[Banana]

KABUL, Afghanistan — The West will subsidize Afghan security forces by more than $4 billion a year after U.S.-led troops leave in 2014, President Hamid Karzai said March 22, implicitly accepting a cut in the planned size of his military.

Western officials told AFP that no final agreements had been reached on funding or on the size of Afghanistan’s security forces after combat troops in NATO’s U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force withdraw.

But Karzai told a graduation ceremony at a military academy in Kabul: “It’s set that post 2014, for the next 10 years until 2024, the international community, with the U.S. in the lead and followed by Europe and other countries, will pay Afghanistan security forces $4.1 billion annually.”

It would cover both the army and “other armed forces,” he said, adding: “We agree and thank them.”

Karzai’s Western allies in the war against Taliban insurgents want to avoid the country descending into civil war after they leave.

But while NATO officials have long projected future Afghan forces at 352,000 men, the United States recently circulated a proposal for a total strength of 230,000, and Western officials say the $4.1 billion cost is based on that figure.

It is a fraction of current Western spending on the war. The 10-year conflict has cost the United States more than $444 billion.

But Afghan defense officials have expressed concerns over whether security forces 230,000 strong would be adequate.

West Will Give Afghan Forces $4B Per Year: Karzai | Defense News | defensenews.com

 

[Ammyy]

Only with employment they can get rid of terrorism in their country .... Doesn't matter how many billion you spend ...


Indian government left NE section behind and now look at the current situation but as we realise the problem .... condition start to improve with pace ..

 

[Fanling Monk]

Some how United State, I think, is the stupidest country in the history of the world. She's paying for Iraq's securities and now paying Afghan's also. It doesn't make sense. Thank god I'm not a US citizen otherwise I'll be paying for something the rest of my live for I don't know what.

 

[monitor]

4.1 billion annually is huge amount ! In 10 years it stand at 41 billion dollar .is it right amount or just total
4.1 billion in 10 years .

 

[longyi]

Some how United State, I think, is the stupidest country in the history of the world. She's paying for Iraq's securities and now paying Afghan's also. It doesn't make sense. Thank god I'm not a US citizen otherwise I'll be paying for something the rest of my live for I don't know what.

Now you know how I feel. When my daughter was born a few years ago she said to me:''Dad, I'm not born with nothing, I born with a heavy burden to pay"

 

[cammy]

if they are going to stay here then they will pay for it too

 

[Roybot]

4.1 billion annually is huge amount ! In 10 years it stand at 41 billion dollar .is it right amount or just total
4.1 billion in 10 years .

4.1 Billion per year would mean every year

 

[Sugarcane]

Some how United State, I think, is the stupidest country in the history of the world. She's paying for Iraq's securities and now paying Afghan's also. It doesn't make sense. Thank god I'm not a US citizen otherwise I'll be paying for something the rest of my live for I don't know what.

IMO - They are not stupid, they are making world stupid. And American citizens don't pay these bills, they govt. have to raise the debt ceiling and print some stationary. World needs to get out of this $ scam.

 

[hawx]

good it means that USA will not leave afgan untill 2014,huge opportunity for India to get engage in afgan with full force.
TIT for TAT whenever someone entity from pakistan try some misadventure in kashmir,we should give equal response in balochistan.

 

[BordoEnes]

Smart move, Its widely considered that if the US and the ISAF ever leaved Afghanistan. Chaos would errupt! So by simply givinn the Afghani army some money they can pull out of afghanistan and Spare Much more! They should have done the same with iraq, If they did that they wouldnt be spending 450Million USD per day there! If they give some Second-Hand Equipment and Funding iraq would be free of Americans a long time ago.

 

[longyi]

IMO - They are not stupid, they are making world stupid. And American citizens don't pay these bills, they govt. have to raise the debt ceiling and print some stationary. World needs to get out of this $ scam.

At the end of the day it's us who will pay the bill. With more than $16 trillion in debts and a trillion dollars annually in interest alone, there are not much room to maneuver for government spending. All our state, city and local municipalities are broke and have no money to spend on welfare, healthcare and food for the poor. Many even use their employees pension plan to pay for their salaries. A few of them are already in bankruptcy proceedings and more to come.

Even though America's economies show signs of picking up, but I'm afraid that's not enough.

 

[lem34]

Joke American govt is a liar.

 

[Sugarcane]

@longyi If so than why you don't call back your terrorists and stop stealing resources of others and mind your own business and economy?

 

[53fd]

That's peanuts, considering that almost the whole Afghan economy is driven by foreign sources for funding.

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[saiyan0321]

paying 4.1 billion to afghanistan which i am 200% sure will go to karzai,s account .... oh boy this will kill the citizens of usa already they have soo much debt us is going to bestuck in one hell of a financial trap if they dont cut the spending and AIDS corruption so high they might as well use that money themselves to give afghan weapons giving it to karzai will see it lessen alot