EU laments Afghanistan’s slow progress

Article reports that the European Union is expected to increase civilian aid to Afghanistan to more than €1bn a year even as a high-level report for the EU, October 2009, declared current nation building efforts have been too slow and the situation is 'deteriorating'.

ESO: Background information: EU calls for 'credible' second round of Afghan elections http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-calls-for-credible-second-round-of-afghan-elections/

Council of the European Union: Fact Sheet: EU engagement in Afghanistan, March 2009 http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cmsUpload/090330-EU_engagement_Afghanistan.pdf

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