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Wednesday 27th January, 2010
We invaded Afghanistan - can't we pay to rebuild it?
Foreign aid needs to better support Britain's national interests, writes Neil O'Brien in the Telegraph.
Tomorrow, dignitaries from around the world will gather in London to address the future of Afghanistan and discuss how to build a stable state there. But what will go unmentioned – certainly by Britain's representatives – is that despite the desperate need, we are providing only a piddling amount of aid. In the past eight years, only 2 per cent of our total aid budget has gone to the Afghans. We invaded their country. More than 250 of our troops have died there. So why aren't we doing more to help?
