At the Brussels conference on Afghanistan on Wednesday 5 October, the international community will seek to confirm financial support for the country of $4 billion per year for the period 2016-2020.
One of the goals of the conference, which will bring together over 70 countries and 25 international organisations and agencies, will be to maintain international funding at its current level or something close to the level approved by the Tokyo conference in 2012, when it agreed on annual support...