Military efforts in Afghanistan skyrocket while Nordic aid lags behind

News May 30, 2007

All Nordic countries are scaling up their military efforts in Afghanistan while aid investments fell. This year they will spend 80 per cent more on military efforts than aid; a reversal since 2004 when twice as much funding went to development assistance as military efforts.

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