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Government to contribute to Afghan reconstruction

    ISLAMABAD

    The Republic of Kazakhstan will contribute to the reconstruction effort currently under way in Afghanistan, news agencies reported on Tuesday. According to a document circulated by the Kazakh delegation at the Tokyo conference on rebuilding Afghanistan, the republic will supply 3,000 mt of food aid in the form of wheat, and offer its territory for the storage and transit of relief supplies.

    In addition, Kazakhstan said it would provide assistance in the form of experts to help in the development of farming, transport, irrigation and the gas industry. According to the report, the vast Central Asian country plans to become a major wheat supplier to Afghanistan, having already arranged to supply 70,000 mt of the commodity to the country.

    Kazakhstan is also exploring the possibility of sending troops to Afghanistan within the framework of a peacekeeping contingent. Bomb disposal, communications and medical specialists could also be sent, the document said.

    The Tokyo conference ended on Tuesday with a commitment from participating nations to contribute US $4.5 billion towards rebuilding Afghanistan.

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