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The conference was seen as declaration of intent which increased the support for the new Afghanistan policies of the United States, which had announced before the conference to send 21,000 extra military personnel to Afghanistan (of which 4,000 would provide education). Almost all invited countries
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In the final declaration it was pleaded that the UN would play a more active role in the development of Afghanistan, more concretely that the UN would support and aid the organization of the next elections in Afghanistan, so the trust of the Afghan people could be won and democracy could be
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stated that the conference in The Hague was an opportunity to restate and intensify the engagement of the international community in Afghanistan. Therefore, all countries were invited which were involved with Afghanistan,
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partners, neighboring countries but also countries which were essential for logistical support of amongst others the ISAF mission. In total 73 countries of which only one (Uzbekistan) declined the invitation.
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The discussion should focus on the fields in which the international community and the Afghan government had resulted in success and those in which success wasn't achieved and how they could be improved.
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The growth of the police would follow after the strengthening of the armed forces. The police should grow from 76.000 partly poorly trained officers to a well-trained force of 82,000 officers.
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consolidated. The attending delegates put a special emphasis on a broad as possible participation of both men and women. Also corruption should be fought intensively. Also emphasized was
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urged the delegations to help finance a special NATO fund of 1.6 billions dollar, which would be spent on equipment, training and building an infrastructure for the
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to follow a mutual strategy (called the Afghanistan Compact) with the Afghan government had come to agree to follow a mutual strategy would end.
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to support the government. Fighting corruption and training competent leaders and civil servants should be central.
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was held. The conference in The Hague was attended by delegations from 73 countries and chaired by the UN
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acknowledged that Afghanistan suffered from corruption and poor governance and promised to change that.
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Secretary Clinton: Travel to The Hague (International Conference on Afghanistan) and Europe
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The conference also focused on the fight against international terrorism. According to
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In 2010, the period in which the international community had come to agree during a
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declared to give this initiative of the new American government a serious chance.
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The Afghanistan Conference 2009: A Comprehensive Strategy in a Regional Context
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According to Verhagen the conference would look ahead to the near future in a
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and little more than a year after the big donor conference for Afghanistan in
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The conference showed a consensus between all parties to strengthen the
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where members of the international community discussed the future of
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Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice
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on March 27, 2009 with the presence of junior ministers of
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International Conference on Afghanistan Held in The Hague
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Eijsvoogel, Juurd; Kranenburg, Mark (March 31, 2009).
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Afghanistan should be helped to develop economically.
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The conference in The Hague followed a year after the
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was explicitly discussed. Minister Verhagen spoke of
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Index

Politics of Afghanistan

Constitution
Taliban Islamic Movement
Loya jirga ("Grand assembly")
Human rights
Human Rights Commission
LGBT rights
Treatment of women by the Taliban
Government
Supreme Leader
list
Hibatullah Akhundzada
decrees
Prime Minister
Hasan Akhund
Deputy Leader
Sirajuddin Haqqani
Mullah Yaqoob
Abdul Ghani Baradar
Deputy Prime Minister
Abdul Ghani Baradar
Abdul Salam Hanafi
Abdul Kabir
Leadership Council
Cabinet
Judiciary
Law of Afghanistan
Supreme Court
Chief Justice

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