Afghan leader calls for more international support
Submitted on June 15, 2004 - 12:00am.
Collin Haba - Summer 2004
WASHINGTON - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said that for Afghanistan to reach its goals it will “for years need international assistance” in security and finance.
Speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies Monday evening as part of an eight-day visit to the United States, the president said that the country now has the capacity to handle huge sums of money.
Afghanistan received donations of $4.5 billion since the end of the war in 2001. However, most of it was channeled to United Nations organizations and charities with little going to Afghan budget. Karzai said the government has publicly accounted for its spending and that international and non-governmental organizations have been asked to do so as well.
Speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies Monday evening as part of an eight-day visit to the United States, the president said that the country now has the capacity to handle huge sums of money.
Afghanistan received donations of $4.5 billion since the end of the war in 2001. However, most of it was channeled to United Nations organizations and charities with little going to Afghan budget. Karzai said the government has publicly accounted for its spending and that international and non-governmental organizations have been asked to do so as well.
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