Karzai Sees Afghan Troops Providing Security by 2014
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his U.S.-led backers agreed to start transferring security duties to Afghan government forces next year, in the hope of handing them the lead role in the anti-Taliban war by 2014.
Governments and international institutions supporting Karzai also decided to increase funding of his government, which the Obama administration and other nations have criticized for corruption. Donors will channel at least 50 percent of their aid for Afghanistan through state agencies within two years, up from the current 20 percent, Karzai and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told representatives at a summit in Kabul today.