Afghanistan's president appealed to world donors Thursday for massive, long-term aid for police, road-building and agriculture to help make his country safer and his countrymen less hungry.
Hamid Karzai also pledged to fight the pervasive corruption that has hobbled aid efforts and frustrated donors since the 2001 ouster of the Taliban.
"Afghanistan needs large amounts of aid, but precisely how aid is spent is just as important," Karzai told a gathering of some 80 wealthy countries and donor organizations in Paris.
The Afghan government is hoping to secure $15 billion to $20 billion at the conference. The United States set the stage _ and …
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