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| Afghanistan Conference Follows Prison Break |
| By nytimes.com |
| Published: 07/20/2010 |
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KABUL, Afghanistan — Insurgents used a prison break, a suicide attack and homemade bombs on Sunday to make their presence felt just two days before a major international conference that is to bring dozens of foreign ministers here. Afghan police officers inspect a bicycle at the site of a suicide attack Sunday in a part of Kabul that is generally seen as safe. The Kabul conference on Tuesday, which will also be attended by the United Nations secretary general and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, is intended to showcase the Afghan government’s seriousness about improving its performance by laying out its plans to coordinate and improve government programs. In return, the mostly Western countries, which support much of the government’s spending with billions of dollars in aid, appear likely to agree to send a larger proportion of the money through the Afghan budget rather than through individual ministries or nongovernmental organizations. Read More. |
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