On Tuesday 4 October, the European Commission announced that the EU will pay the Afghan government up to €200 million euros in 2017-2018 to help it manage its budget more effectively and tackle corruption.
That same day, European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development Neven Mimica and Afghan Finance Minister Eklil Ahmad Hakimi signed a support contract for consolidation of the Afghan state. Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani attended the signature ceremony in...