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Edition: U.S. Article Comments (1) Video Save Email Print Reprints Afghans seek control of security by 2014 Digg This Tweet This Share on LinkedIn Share on Facebook Factbox Some facts about Afghanistan's reintegration plan Mon, Jul 19 2010 Related News Afghanistan has enough funding for next 3 years: Karzai 1:46am EDT Related Topics World » Related Video Clinton, Karzai meet in Afghanistan 1:11am EDT Afghan President Hamid Karzai shakes hands with USecretary of State Hillary Clinton after her arrival at the presidential palace in Kabul July 19, 2010. Credit: Reuters/Musadeq Sadeq/Pool By Jonathon Burch KABUL | Tue Jul 20, 2010 2:06am EDT KABUL (Reuters) - Afghans want responsibility for the country's security by 2014, President Hamid Karzai told an international donors' conference on Tuesday, appealing for more control of $13 billion earmarked for development. "I remain determined that our Afghan national security forces will be responsible for all military and law enforcement operations throughout our country by 2014," he told the conference, called to discuss how much more responsibility to give Afghanistan for its own affairs. Over $40 billion has been spent on Afghanistan since 2002, Oxfam says, and around half went toward training and equipping an army and police force to take over security as countries plan their withdrawals from the 150,000-strong NATO-led force. But despite a foreign troop surge that aims to tackle the Taliban in their spiritual heartland, questions remain over the effectiveness of Afghan security forces to cope when they leave. Karzai did not ask for more money on Tuesday, but instead for more control of that already earmarked for the country. He said Afghanistan had enough commitments to last for three years. If Afghans see development projects coming from the government rather than foreigners, the thinking goes, they are more likely to support them. The country holds elections to parliament in September. Wary too that his western allies want out sooner rather than later, Karzai sought support for a peace plan that aims to win over and reintegrate an estimated 36,000 insurgent foot soldiers while exploring talks with moderate Taliban leaders. The Taliban have been emboldened by a perception that Washington is not committed to a drawn-out fight -- the near nine-year-old war is already the America's longest -- and insist they will not stop fighting until all foreign forces leave. The conference will later hear the government give fuller details of national programmes it hopes will bring economic benefit and security to the country's 29 million people, who remain among the world's poorest and least educated. Some analysts and diplomats say the programs are long on hope and short on detail, but all agree they come at a crucial time. Highlights include: - Asking donors to increase aid through government channels from the current 20 percent to 50, promising better accounting in return and stepped up prosecution of graft and corruption cases involving officials through special courts. - Expanding the army to a strength of over 170,000 by October 2011, and the national police to 134,000 as well as the formation of a new local police force in insecure areas. - Introducing a programme that aims to reintegrate up to 36,000 ex-combatants within five years. - Increasing collection of domestic revenues to 9.4 pct of GDP by March next year. A recent poll found 74 percent of Afghans believed working with foreign forces was wrong. Some 65 percent wanted the Taliban and its leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar, to join the government. In the West, polls regularly show citizens want their government to extricate themselves from Afghanistan as soon as possible. (Additional reporting by Andrew Quinn, Sayed Salahuddin and Hamid Shalizi) (Writing by David Fox; Editing by Andrew Marshall) World Comments See All Comments (1) | Post Comment Jul 19, 2010 11:53pm EDT Sure they want control. The whole government is corrupt. You can just see their eyes get big and the mouths salivating at the thought of having the purse strings with all those billions of dollars dangling from them. Can’t believe Nato Allies would be that foolish. One of their main complains is about corruption. The money would end up in the hands of politician, their families and the tribe upper pecking order. The average Afghan wouldn’t see any benefits come from the money. What a joke. nativearizonan Report As Abusive See All Comments (1) Add a Comment *We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. 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