Hungary is one of eight countries that will receive aid. Georgia, Croatia, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia and Hungary will receive a combined $50 million for their some 1,300 soldiers in Afghanistan.

The Pentagon said the money allocated will be spent on better co-operation between US forces and the states’ troops, who are carrying out anti-terrorism and stabilisation operations in the Asian country."

Source: Hungary Around the Clock.

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