TOKYO: Japan will fund a programme costing up to five billion dollars to help build roads and boost agriculture in conflict-torn Afghanistan, a newspaper reported on Saturday. ...full story at Channel NewsAsia
from Channel NewsAsia on Sat, Oct 31 2009
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