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| Afghanistan will have control of security in some of its provinces by the end of 2010, a summit on the country's future has pledged. | Afghanistan will have control of security in some of its provinces by the end of 2010, a summit on the country's future has pledged. |
| UK Foreign Minister David Miliband described 2010 as a "decisive" year because a new government was in place, but warned of a "refreshed" insurgency. | UK Foreign Minister David Miliband described 2010 as a "decisive" year because a new government was in place, but warned of a "refreshed" insurgency. |
| He said the security of all provinces would be under Afghanistan leadership within five years. | He said the security of all provinces would be under Afghanistan leadership within five years. |
| World leaders meeting in London pledged $140m for wooing Taliban fighters. | |
| Mr Miliband said: "The aim of the conference was to align the military and civilian resources of every coalition partner behind a clear political strategy, to help President [Hamid] Karzai and his government deliver the ambitious agenda that he set out in his inaugural speech last November. | |
| "The themes of mutual responsibility - Afghan and international - and of unity behind a clear plan came through very strongly indeed." | |
| Forces boost | |
| The final communique from the one-day summit in London said it welcomed Afghanistan's goal of taking charge of the "majority of operations in the insecure areas of Afghanistan within three years and taking responsibility for physical security within five years." | |
| It said the international community would continue to improve the capabilities of the Afghan security forces, boosting the army to 171,600 and the police to 134,000 personnel by October 2011. | |
| The summit said the Afghan government had acknowledged that it had to tackle corruption. | |
| The High Office of Oversight will investigate and sanction corrupt officials, and once conditions for aid delivery are met, the proportion of aid channelled through the government will rise to 50%, Mr Miliband said. | |
| The Afghan government had made progress on economic development and hoped it would continue to boost agriculture, human resources and infrastructure. |