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Foreign troops to stay in Afghanistan for 10 years: Karzai

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Berlin, April 17, IRNA -- Foreign soldiers have to remain in 
Afghanistan for 10 years in in order to ensure success of the peace 
and reconstruction process in the war-torn country, the online site of
the weekly Der Spiegel magazine quoted Afghan President Hamid Karzai 
as saying on Saturday. 
"Afghanistan needs this time to build a fully functional army and 
police," said Karzai. 
The Afghan leader attended earlier this month a second 
international conference on the political and economic future of his 
country. 
In the conference, the international community pledged 8.2 billion
US dollars for the next three years towards Afghanistan`s 
reconstruction process. 
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