London is committed to providing support to Afghanistan until it has the ability to sustain itself economically, UPI quoted the British foreign secretary as saying. World delegates gathered for an Afghan conference in Bonn, Germany, this week to discuss ways to help the country maintain stability with international forces looking at a 2014 departure date. British Foreign Secretary William Hague said his country was committed to Afghanistan beyond the 2014 military deadline. "We have committed ourselves to provide economic support to Afghanistan for the decade after 2014, until Afghanistan becomes economically self-sustainable," he said in a statement. "Alongside this, the Afghan government has committed itself to reinvigorating the progress on key development priorities, including governance and rule of law." Afghan President Hamid Karzai said during the conference his country might need billions of dollars in foreign aid "for at least another decade."
