Meanings of civilian development in English

Success in Afghanistan is supposed to hinge on a civilian development surge to complement military efforts.

The comparative slowness in civilian development has been cause largely by the demand for military helicopters.

One official suggested Holbrooke may explore more assistance from U.S. allies on all fronts, including military operations and civilian development.

The pool of civilian development experts with cultural training for Afghanistan is small and will take time to reach the country.

In 1967, the U.S. Agency for International Development had around 2,000 civilian development experts in South Vietnam.

Gates acknowledged that large increases in troops from Washington's NATO allies were unlikely but said he would also seek more help on civilian development.

The conference aims to improve coordination in civilian development efforts and put greater responsibility on the Afghan government to respond to security and reconstruction needs.

But Mr Gates said the Obama administration hoped Nato countries where the Afghan mission is politically unpopular could make significant new contributions to civilian development.

Kerry is a co-sponsor of the Kerry-Lugar-Berman aid package, which would funnel $7.5 billion over five years in civilian development money to Pakistan.