Japan to provide a fresh grant of 3 billion Japanese Yen (approximately 29 million U.S. dollars) to Afghanistan. the two countries signed an agreement in Kabul yesterday

Hideo Sato, the ambassador of Japan to Afghanistan, and Mohammad Kabir Farahi, the deputy to Afghan Foreign Ministry, signed the agreement on behalf of their respective governments.

The grant, which was agreed by the Japanese ambassador to Afghanistan, Hideo Sato, and the deputy minister of foreign affairs, Mohammad Kabir Farahi, will be used to improve the economy and to combat poverty.

Japan, with contributing more than 1 billion U.S. dollars in the reconstruction of the post-Taliban Afghanistan over the past six years, is the second largest contributor after the Untied States.