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INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION         Kabul, Afghanistan       WBGN Fax. 5232+350
May 13, 2012
H.E. Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal
Minister of Finance
Ministry of Finance
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan
Excellency:
Re: Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund Grant Agreement (TF093962)
Second Education Quality Improvement Project (EQUIP II)
Third Amendment - Increase of Grant Amount
1.     I refer to the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund Grant Agreement dated April 14,
2009 (the "Grant Agreement") between the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (the "Recipient")
and the International Development Association, in its capacity as the administrator of the
Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (the "ARTF") for the Second Education Quality
Improvement Project ("EQUIP-1l" or the "Project"), as amended by letters dated June 27, 2010
and July 24, 2011.
2.     I further refer to the proposal recently approved on March 19, 2012 by the ARTF's
Management Committee, providing additional funds for the financing of EQUIP-II in the amount
of twenty three million United States Dollars (US$23,000,000).
3.     I am therefore pleased to propose that the Grant Agreement be amended as follows:
(i)    Section 3.01 of the Grant Agreement is hereby amended to read:
"The Administrator agrees to extend to the Recipient, on the terms and
conditions set forth or referred to in this Agreement, a grant in an amount equal
to one hundred fifty eight million United States Dollars ($158,000,000) (the
"Grant") to assist in the financing the Project."
(ii)   The table in paragraph A. 1 of Section IV of Schedule 2 to the Grant Agreement is
hereby amended to read:
Percentage of
Amount of the Grant     Expenditures to be
Allocated              Financed
Category            (Expressed in USD)     (Inclusive of Taxes)
(1) Goods, works, consultants'  158,000,000                100%
services, School Grants,
training and Incremental
Operating Costs* for the
Project
TOTAL AMOUNT                 158,000,000


H.E. Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal              -2-                           May 13, 2012
4.     Unless the context otherwise required, and except where otherwise defined in this
amendment letter, all capitalized terms contained herein shall have the meaning given to them in
the Grant Agreement.
5.     All terms and conditions of the Grant Agreement that have not been amended pursuant to
this amendment letter shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect.
6.     Please confirm your agreement to the amendment set out above by signing, or arranging
for an authorized representative of the Recipient to sign, the form of confirmation set out below,
returning one fully executed original of this amendment letter to us at your earliest convenience
and retaining one original for your records. Upon receipt by the International Development
Association of this countersigned copy, this amendment shall become effective as of the date of
the countersignature.
Sincerely,
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
(Acting as Administrator of the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund)
Rob   J. Saum
Country Director fo Afghanistan and Buhtan
South Asia Region
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H.E. Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal             -3-                            May 13, 2012
cc:       H.E. Farooq Wardak, Minister of Education, Ministry of Education
Dr. Mohammad Mustafa Mastoor, Deputy Minister of Finance, MOF
Mr. Ahmad Javed Jalali, Director General Budget, Ministry of Finance
Dr Sayed Hamidullah, Deputy Minister, Administration and Finance, MOE
Mohammad Sarwar Azizi, Chief of Staff & Senior Technical Advisor to the Minister,
MOE
Mr. Ziaulhaq Safi, Financial Management Director, MOE
Mr. Abdul Hanifi, Procurement Director, MOE
Dr. Seddiq Weera, EQUIP Director and Senior Advisor to the Minister, MOE
Ms. Susan Wardak, Senior Policy Advisor & General Director of Teacher Education,
MOE
Dr. Amir Mohammad, EQUIP Regional Coordinator, MOE
Mr. Sid Ahmed Dib, Executive Director for Afghanistan, The World Bank
Mr. Samiullah Ibrahimi, Advisor to Executive Director, The World Bank


H.E. Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal             -4-                           May 13, 2012
Cleared with and bcc: , Shen (TACT/CTRTF); Anthony Cholst (SASAA); Zhao (SAC01)
bcc:   Messrs./Mmes.: Afghanistan CMU (SACO 1); Zhu (SARVP); O'Brien (SARDE); Van
Tilburg (LEGES); Redaelli (SASEP); Kabul Procurement (SARPS); Narayan, Farooq (SARFM);
Dar, de Silva, Farahi, Haidary, Qurishi, Graitge (SASHD)
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