Bonn: Afghanistan Conference 2011

Dawn.com Published December 5, 2011
Afghan President Hamid Karzai (C) waves as he arrives to give a speech during the Afghanistan Conference on December 5, 2011, in Bonn, western Germany. - AFP Photo
Afghan President Hamid Karzai (C) waves as he arrives to give a speech during the Afghanistan Conference on December 5, 2011, in Bonn, western Germany. - AFP Photo
Afghan President Hamid Karzai (up) shakes hands with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the start of the Afghanistan Conference on December 5, 2011, in Bonn, western Germany.- AFP Photo
Afghan President Hamid Karzai (up) shakes hands with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the start of the Afghanistan Conference on December 5, 2011, in Bonn, western Germany.- AFP Photo
German Foreign minister Guido Westerwelle (C) welcomes US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton next to Afghan Foreign minister Zalmai Rassoul (L) before the start of the Afghanistan Conference on December 5, 2011, in Bonn, western Germany. - AFP Photo
German Foreign minister Guido Westerwelle (C) welcomes US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton next to Afghan Foreign minister Zalmai Rassoul (L) before the start of the Afghanistan Conference on December 5, 2011, in Bonn, western Germany. - AFP Photo
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai addresses the delegates at the former German parliament during the International Afghanistan Conference, Monday, Dec. 5, 2011 in Bonn, Germany. - AP Photo
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai addresses the delegates at the former German parliament during the International Afghanistan Conference, Monday, Dec. 5, 2011 in Bonn, Germany. - AP Photo
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, third from left, holds a breakfast meeting with Afghan civil society representatives and Afghan Women's Network, as she sits alongside Selay Ghaffar, left, of the Humanitarian Assistance to Women and Children of Afghanistan, during an international conference on the future of Afghanistan, in Bonn, Germany, Monday, Dec. 5, 2011.- AP Photo
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, third from left, holds a breakfast meeting with Afghan civil society representatives and Afghan Women's Network, as she sits alongside Selay Ghaffar, left, of the Humanitarian Assistance to Women and Children of Afghanistan, during an international conference on the future of Afghanistan, in Bonn, Germany, Monday, Dec. 5, 2011.- AP Photo
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, from left, UN Secretary Ban Ki-moon and German Chancellor Angela Merkel pose for a group photo at the former German parliament during the International Afghanistan Conference, Monday, Dec. 5, 2011 in Bonn, - AP Photo
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, from left, UN Secretary Ban Ki-moon and German Chancellor Angela Merkel pose for a group photo at the former German parliament during the International Afghanistan Conference, Monday, Dec. 5, 2011 in Bonn, - AP Photo
An overview shows the conference on Afghanistan at the former German parliament in Bonn, December 5, 2011. The West wants to use the Afghanistan meeting on Monday to signal enduring support for Kabul as allied troops head home, but economic turmoil in Europe and crises with Pakistan and Iran could prompt doubts about Western resolve.- Reuters Photo
An overview shows the conference on Afghanistan at the former German parliament in Bonn, December 5, 2011. The West wants to use the Afghanistan meeting on Monday to signal enduring support for Kabul as allied troops head home, but economic turmoil in Europe and crises with Pakistan and Iran could prompt doubts about Western resolve.- Reuters Photo
German chancellor Angela Merkel and Afghanistan's president Hamid Karzai, center, pose with the foreign ministers and delegation members for a group photo at the international Afghanistan conference in Bonn, Germany, Monday, Dec. 5, 2011. A decade after the first Afghanistan conference the international community discusses the future of its engagement in Afghanistan.- AP Photo
German chancellor Angela Merkel and Afghanistan's president Hamid Karzai, center, pose with the foreign ministers and delegation members for a group photo at the international Afghanistan conference in Bonn, Germany, Monday, Dec. 5, 2011. A decade after the first Afghanistan conference the international community discusses the future of its engagement in Afghanistan.- AP Photo

Afghanistan Conference on December 5, 2011, in Bonn, western Germany. The one-day gathering brings around 100 national delegations and aid organisations to the former German capital Bonn, 10 years after a meeting in the city put an interim Afghan government in place after the Taliban's ouster. The major international conference on the war-torn country aims at charting a course for Afghanistan after Nato troops pull out in 2014, but a boycott by Pakistan has dealt a stinging blow to hopes for a roadmap.

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