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Feature: 'NGOs blocking development in Afghanistan'
Human Rights
Kai Eide, the Special Representative of the United Nations to Afghanistan, did not mix words. Addressing the Committee of Development at the European Parliament in Brussels this evening, Mr. Eide began to vent some frustration against NGOs and INGOs. He was vague and did not single out any organisation in particular. Instead he said that some NGOs and INGOs are too bent on working on their own particular projects. The resulting development schemes are fragmented and do not necessarily take into account overall policy initiatives. He also said that some INGOs are not be entirely straightforward about development programs...
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