The US will provide $3 billion a year to Afghan security forces from 2018 to 2020
Thomson Reuters
The United States plans to provide more than $3 billion a year in support for the Afghan national security forces from 2018 through 2020, U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Olson said on Tuesday.
Speaking at a think tank, Olson also said the United States planned to ask Congress for about $1 billion a year in development and economic assistance for Afghanistan from 2018 through 2020.
(Reporting by Arshad Mohammed; Writing by Eric Walsh; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)