The US special representative told Congress on Wednesday: “We have carefully calibrated our 2017 budget request, balancing global funding constraints and our national interests in stability in Afghanistan and Pakistan.”
Richard Olson the $1.25 billion request for Afghanistan was seventeen percent below the president’s 2016 proposal. “We deem this level as necessary to maintain and expand the development gains made over the last 14 years.”
However, he added, the reduction reflected the administration . . .
