Australia to provide extra aid money towards Afghanistan reconstructio
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The Australian Government will provide an extra $AUD250 million in aid to help reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan.
The Foreign Minister Stephen Smith has just visited Afghanistan and will take part in a conference on the country's future in Paris this week.
He says the money will be used to help make the country safer and provide food and other services.
"We want to see progress in governance issues," he said.
"We want to see progress against narcotics and we want to see progress in terms of the capacity of the Afghan Government to deliver basic services for its people."
