Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP of San Francisco, California is the architect for the project. Caddell Construction Co. of Montgomery, Alabama will construct the facilities.

As part of the Department’s Capital Security Construction Program, the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) completed 133 new diplomatic facilities since 1999, with an additional 52 projects currently in design or under construction.

They also discussed the ongoing coordination in Afghanistan between the Afghan authorities and the various funding streams, including the Afghan National Army Trust Fund itself, the Law and Order Trust Fund for the Afghan Police (administered by the United Nations Development Programme, UNDP), the budgetary contributions of the Afghan Government, the bilateral contributions provided, especially the bilateral Afghan Security Forces Fund of the United States, and possible additional adaptations of the ANA Trust Fund aimed at improving joint training and interoperability of the Afghan security forces in key areas, such as medical support, explosive ordnance disposal, and counter-IEDs, amongst others.

“Together with our Resolute Support Mission to train, advise and assist the Afghan security forces and institutions and the NATO-Afghanistan Enduring Partnership, our Afghan National Army Trust Fund has been an important part of NATO’s endeavour to continue supporting the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in its efforts to achieve a stable and secure Afghanistan,” Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary General said. “Today’s meeting reconfirmed our continued commitment and the donor nations’ continued commitment to the safety and security of Afghanistan and its people,” the NATO Secretary General added.

The Afghan National Army Trust Fund board is composed of national representatives of donor nations and the Trust Fund manager (represented by the United States). NATO Secretary General and a donor nation representative co-chair the Board. Plenary meetings of the Board were held on 1 September 2014, 26 June 2015, and 11 May 2016. Mr.Eklil Ahmad Hakimi, Ministry of Finance of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan took part in today’s meeting.