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ISLAMABAD, Dec 22: Pakistan announced on Saturday Rs6 billion for reconstruction projects in Afghanistan and humanitarian assistance.
“With generous international assistance in sight, the people of Afghanistan can look forward to an end to their travail,” President Gen Pervez Musharraf said in his message to Hamid Karzai, the new head of Afghan interim government.
Pakistan will also reopen its embassy and consulates in Afghanistan as soon as administrative arrangements are finalized through mutual consultations. Pakistan has also removed existing restrictions on the export of goods that may be needed for the reconstruction of Afghanistan.—APP
