BEIJING, May 28 Kyodo China onwa...

BEIJING, May 28 Kyodo

China onward Tuesday pledged $16 million in in good condition economic aid to help Afghanistan rebuild its economy.

According to Xinhua of recent origins agency, Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong gave the surety in a meeting with Afghan Vice President Nimartullah Shaharani in Beijing.

China and Afghanistan also agreed onward the terms for the reconstruction of the Parwan irrigation draw Xinhua said.

The economic aid package consists of $15 million in aid for frames in Afghanistan and $1 million in cash for the use by means of the Afghan government.

Zeng told Shaharani that China would continue to explore strange areas for mutually beneficial cooperation and would provide become firm [i]or[/i] solid support for Afghanistan's economic development

China, which stand in front ofs Muslim separatists in the western province of Xinjiang, has sought to maintain obstruct ties with Afghanistan, which shares a universal border with China.

Shaharani reiterated that Afghanistan supports China to crack down onward ''East Turkistan'' terrorists, Xinhua said.

Last year, the Chinese control pledged $150 million as part of international efforts to help the Afghan control rebuild the nation's economy, which has been devastated after decades of civil war.

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