At the end of the Brussels conference on Afghanistan on Wednesday 5 October, the international community issued a statement in which it announced its intention to provide Afghanistan with $15.6 billion, or around €13.6 billion, over the period 2017-2020, to support the country's development priorities. This support is a shade lower than the period 2012-2016, when it stood at $4 billion a year.
For their part, the EU and the member states upped their support, which rises from €1 billion a...