International Donors Pledge $16 Billion In Aid To Afghanistan Over 4 Years

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) and Afghan President Hamid Karzai hold a joint news conference in Kabul July 7, 2012. The United States has named Afghanistan a major non-NATO ally, Clinton said on Saturday, a move that could reinforce Washington's message to Afghans that they will not be abandoned as the war winds down. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

Afghanistan Aid Conference Pledges $16bn Over Four Years -- The Guardian

Hamid Karzai urges international community not to abandon his country after most foreign troops withdraw in 2014.

International donors have pledged $16bn (£10bn) in badly needed development aid for Afghanistan over the next four years as the Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, urged the international community not to abandon his country.

The donors' conference in Tokyo, attended by about 70 countries and organisations, is aimed at setting aid levels for the crucial period until and beyond 2014, when most Nato-led foreign combat troops will leave and the war-torn country will assume responsibility for most of its own security.

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My Comment: This is ominous.