The government will for the first time dispatch two to three civilian officials to take part in reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan as early as spring, Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone said Friday.
Working under the International Security Assistance Force, they will engage in development assistance, including school construction and job training, as members of a provincial reconstruction team led by Lithuania in Chaghcharan in western Afghanistan, the ministry said.
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