The Netherlands will invest extra money to renovate prisons and police stations in Afghanistan, Dutch media reported Friday.
Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen told Afghan officials about the extra funding during a lightning visit to Afghanistan Thursday, said the reports.
Meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul, Verhagen criticized the human rights situation in Afghanistan, especially the situation in Afghan prisons.
The Netherlands will set aside 1.3 million euros (2 million U.S. dollars) to jointly renovate and expand a prison in Kabul with Britain and Canada, the reports said.
Verhagen discussed the treatment of the prisoners handed over to the Afghan authorities with Karzai, who said Afghanistan will maintain the moratorium on the death penalty.
The Netherlands will also invest 2.2 million euros (3.38 million dollars) in the construction of police stations and checkpoints in the southern Afghan province of Uruzgan, where some1,700 Dutch troops are stationed.
The money will go to the construction of 11 police stations and six checkpoints in Tarin Kowt, daces Rawod and Chora.
The Netherlands has spent tens of millions of euros on the training and salaries of police personnel in Afghanistan.
Verhagen told Karzai that it is important to improve the quality and maintain the quantity of the police force in Uruzgan.
Source: Xinhua
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