MANILA, March 6, 2009 (AFP) - The Asian Development Bank and Afghan government have completed a new "country partnership strategy" that will cover aid to the war-torn, landlocked nation from 2009 to 2013, the ADB said Friday.
The strategy "retains a sharp focus on investments that will bolster the country's energy, transport, and irrigation sectors," the ADB said in a statement from its headquarters in the Philippine capital.
Under the new strategy the ADB support will focus on essential infrastructure such as roads, power and irrigation facilities, ADB country director for Afghanistan Craig Steffensen said.
It would include investments to expand the power grid, complete a national "ring road" and construct new roads, including links with neighboring countries, and rehabilitation of irrigation systems, the bank said.
It was not stated how much the programme would cost.
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