Afghan Military To Be Paid £2.5 Billion A Year For A Decade Post Conflict -- The Telegraph
The international community will subsidise Afghan security forces by more than £2.5 billion a year for a decade after US-led combat forces leave Afghanistan in 2014, President Hamid Karzai said.
Although Western officials claim no final agreement has been reached, Mr Karzai told a graduation ceremony at a military academy in Kabul: "It's set that post 2014, for the next 10 years until 2024 the international community, with the US in the lead and followed by Europe and other countries, will pay Afghanistan security forces $4.1 billion annually."
It would cover both the army and "other armed forces", he said, adding: "We agree and thank them."
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