Ten years after the Bonn Conference of 2001, the international community is meeting in Bonn again on 5 December 2011. Together with Afghanistan, the goal is to give concrete shape to the international community’s long-term joint engagement and to advance the further political process in the country.

The Bonn Conference is focusing on three issues:

- The civil aspects of the process of transferring responsibility to the Government of Afghanistan by 2014,
- The long-term involvement of the international community in Afghanistan after 2014 and,
- The political process that should lead to a long-term stabilization of the country.


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Statement By H.E Hamid Karzai President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

Millennium Development Goal 2 ‘Education for All’

Millennium Development Goal 2, ‘Education for All’ is being pursued by the Afghan government and many non-governmental organisations in Afghanistan. Afghan Connection along with its 3 partner organisations – The Swedish Committee for Afghanistan, People in Peril (Slovakia) and the Jaan Tonisson Institute (Estonia), held a MDG 2 Awareness Event at the House of Parliament on the 24th of November. Mr. Farooq Wardak, Minister for Education was able to clarify the difficulties faced by the government in providing an education for Afghans around the country. A copy of a letter wherein difficulties faced by Afghan students were expressed was presented to Mr. Farooq Wardak, Minster for Education and Rt.Hon. Alan Duncan, The Minister for International Development in the UK.
The main objective of MDG 2 is to ensure that by 2020, children throughout Afghanistan will be able to complete a full course of primary education.

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