Reconstruction in Afghanistan

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After more than two decades of conflict, the Reconstruction of Afghanistan has begun, though it continues to be hampered by continuing conflict.

There are more than 14,000 reconstruction projects under way in Afghanistan, such as the Kajaki Dam.^[1] Many of these projects are being supervised by the Provincial Reconstruction Teams. The World Bank contribution is the multilateral Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF), which was set up in May 2002. It is financed by 24 international donor countries and has spent more than $1.37 billion US dollars as of 2007.^[2] Approximately 30 billion US dollars have been provided by the international community for the reconstruction of Afghanistan, most of it from the United States. In 2002, the world community allocated $4 billion US dollars at the Tokyo conference followed by another $4 billion in 2004. In February 2006, $10.5 billion US dollars were committed for Afghanistan at the London Conference^[3] and $11 billion from the United States in early 2007.

One major development goal is the completion of the ring road - a series of highways linking the major cities of Afghanistan.^[4]^[5]