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The British foreign secretary arrived in Berlin for international conference on Afghanistan as Hamid Karzai urged international donors to help prevent his country from becoming a haven for drugs and terrorism.
The British foreign secretary, Jack Straw, arrived in Berlin for a two-day international conference on Afghanistan yesterday as its president, Hamid Karzai, urged international donors to help prevent his country from becoming a haven for drugs and terrorism.
"Nobody wants to be called a drug dealer, especially not a whole nation," Mr Karzai told the conference, warning of the dangers of private militias and drug cultivation in the region.
Mr Karzai asked for $27.6bn (£15bn) in aid over the next seven years - a sum many observers regard as wildly optimistic.
Charities working in Afghanistan said last night they were deeply sceptical that it would be possible to hold free and fair elections by September.
In Britain, a Glasgow-based charity, Spirit Aid, announced it was auctioning 20 drawings by celebrities on the internet to raise money for children in Afghanistan.
The drawings include ones by Sir Paul McCartney, Brigitte Bardot and the actor Robert Carlyle.
"Nobody wants to be called a drug dealer, especially not a whole nation," Mr Karzai told the conference, warning of the dangers of private militias and drug cultivation in the region.
Mr Karzai asked for $27.6bn (£15bn) in aid over the next seven years - a sum many observers regard as wildly optimistic.
Charities working in Afghanistan said last night they were deeply sceptical that it would be possible to hold free and fair elections by September.
In Britain, a Glasgow-based charity, Spirit Aid, announced it was auctioning 20 drawings by celebrities on the internet to raise money for children in Afghanistan.
The drawings include ones by Sir Paul McCartney, Brigitte Bardot and the actor Robert Carlyle.
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