Afghanistan needs another decade of aid: Karzai
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![President Karzai shakes hands with a Turkish soldier of the NATO-led force in 2006. He says security aid will be needed for another decade. [AFP]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/base/afghan_nato_karzai_afp_1006.jpg "President Karzai shakes hands with a Turkish soldier of the NATO-led force in 2006. He says security aid will be needed for another decade. [AFP]")
President Karzai shakes hands with a Turkish soldier of the NATO-led force in 2006. He says security aid will be needed for another decade. [AFP]
Afghanistan's president says the country will need foreign security aid for at least another decade before it can run its own affairs.
Hamid Karzai made the comments in the Netherlands where he is visiting ahead of an international donors conference in Paris.
In Paris, Mr Karzai is expected to seek $US50 billion in aid for his five-year national development strategy.
Afghanistan depends on aid for 90 per cent of its spending as it tries to rebuild an economy shattered by 30 years of war.
Kabul plans to spend more than half of the $50 billion on security and infrastructure - the lack of which hamper almost every level of economic development.
