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World donors offer billions in aid for Afghanistan
The United States put up 10 billion dollars to rebuild Afghanistan yesterday as world donors responded to a funding appeal from President Hamid Karzai but warned more must tie done to fight corruption.
Karzai sought support to finance part of a 50-billion-dollar development plan over the next five years to counter widespread poverty and a Taliban insurgency’.
What bnngs us together today is a concern for the destiny of a nation that has emerged from a dark past," Karzai told donors from more than 80 countries and international insti-tunonsin Paris.
Announang a 10.2 billion dollar contribution. US First Lady Laura Bush said "Afghanistan has reached a decisive moment for its future. We must not mm our backs on this opportunity."
President Nicolas Sarkozy announced French financial aid would be "more than doubled" with priority given to agriculture and health, bringing assistance up to 107 million euros (165 million dollars) over the next two years.
Japan doubled its aid to reach 550 million dollars while Gennany put up -120 million euros over the next two years.
US officials said they expected 15 billion dollars (9.7 billion euros) to be raised, but European and UN diplomats stressed die conference must also tackle the more sensitive issue of how the funds are spent.
I hope this conference will first of all provide an opportunity’ to reflect on our strategy," Sarkozy said.
Karzai is facing questions over his apparent inability to deal with corruption and opium production, seen
as prolonging the Taliban insur-gt'i'iy
UN Secretary General Ban Ki moon called foi "active measures" to be taken to tight corruption, guarantee transparency and ensure that financial aid readies those who need it.
"It is only by combating corruption and strengthening the rule of law that our commitment will be efficient," said German Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier.
More than six years after US-led forces ousted the Taliban, Afghanistan remains mired in poverty and its people lack many basics while the extremist militia has pushed on with its insurgency in the south
Some 47.000 troops from a Nato-led force are fighting the Taliban alongside 20,000 US troops. The violence has left 8,000 people dead in 2007 alone including 1,500 civilians.
according to UN figures.
I isting progress in building roads and clinics, fighting opium production and setting up a functioning government, Karzai nevertheless acknowledged: "There is a long way still ahead of us."
With a development plan on the table, Afghanistan needs "adequate, long term and predictable support." said Karzai.
Security remains Afghanistan's biggest challenge, he said, arguing that his government was fighting "international terrorists" funded from abroad, a reference to neigh -bouring Pakistan.
Karzai's ambitious blueprint focuses first on infrastructure, with plans to build roads, dams and power plants, but building up the army and security forces is also a priority along with developing agriculture.