The United States expects the upcoming international conference will bring pledges of over $3 billion a year to Afghanistan for development support.
The US special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Olson made the remarks ahead of the conference which is expected to kick of next week in Brussels.
He was speaking at a forum on 29th September in Washington and said the U.S. government would seek through Congress to maintain U.S. assistance to Afghanistan “at, or near” current levels during the next four years.
“We expect strong pledges of renewed support to be announced next week, collectively totaling over $3 billion a year in development support through 2020,” he said.
Olson further added that the aid would be dependent on Afghan progress in implementing reforms including countering corruption.