That seems to be a bit of a contradiction. Either we're supporting them or not.
I'm reading the communiqué, and I've been assuming we are party to the communiqué. It actually directly says that they restate “their strong support for channeling at least 50% of development aid through the Afghan Government’s core budget within two years”.
We are supporting the ministry. How are we doing that, if not through money? Are we asking them what programs they want and then supporting those? How does it actually work?