Fact Sheet
Office of the Spokesman
Washington, DC
January 31, 2006

Total U.S. Security and Reconstruction Assistance to Afghanistan

The United States is by far the leading donor to Afghanistan. In the past two years we have committed increasing amounts of major financial resources to Afghan reconstruction. This includes significant security and reconstruction assistance, provided with the goal of leading Afghanistan to stability.

Our consistent record of meeting and exceeding our pledges for the country’s reconstruction is unparalleled: In Tokyo in 2002, we pledged $296 million and met that pledge within months, going on to provide well over three times the amount; in Dubai in 2003 we pledged $1.2 billion; and at the 2004 Berlin conference we committed an additional $1 billion, but by the end of the year had exceeded this total by over $100 million. In London, the United States will continue to stand by the people of Afghanistan as they build a democratic, secure and prosperous country.

Since the last donor gathering in Berlin, the U.S. has appropriated over $5.9 billion for Afghanistan.

U.S. Fiscal Year 2006 funding is over $1.1 billion total for reconstruction alone.
U.S. Fiscal Year 2007 budget request – the U.S. will also request a significant sum for Afghanistan in its FY 2007 base budget, which the Administration will submit to Congress in early February 2006.
The cumulative U.S. Security and Reconstruction Assistance to Afghanistan, FY 2001 – FY 2006, totals over $10.3 billion, and will likely exceed this figure.

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Released on January 31, 2006

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