Afghanistan: U.S. Foreign Assistance
"The U.S. program of assistance to Afghanistan is intended to stabilize and strengthen the Afghan
economic, social, political, and security environment so as to blunt popular support for extremist
forces in the region. Since 2001, nearly $38 billion has been appropriated toward this effort.

More than half of U.S. assistance—roughly 54%—has gone to security programs, mostly the
training and equipping of Afghan forces. Another 32% has gone to development and
humanitarian-related activities from infrastructure to private sector support. About 5% has been
targeted at governance and democratization efforts. More than 9% has been directed to counternarcotics
programs.

Key U.S. agencies providing aid are the Department of Defense (56% of aid), the Agency for
International Development (28%), the Department of State (14%), and the Department of
Agriculture (1%)..."