Delegates of 59 nongovernmental organizations, including 26 NGOs from Afghanistan, gathered at a Tokyo hotel Sunday to discuss the vision and role for NGOs in rebuilding the Central Asian nation on the eve of a two-day ministerial meeting on Afghan reconstruction.
The discussions of the NGO meeting, organized by the Foreign Ministry, are to be reported to the ministerial meeting today, according to ministry officials.
During the early part of the meeting, a representative of an Afghan NGO stressed that the Afghan people should play a primary role in the reconstruction process of the country.
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