International Conference on Afghanistan held in Japanese Capital Tokyo

8th July 2012

The day long International Conference on Afghanistan was held in Tokyo on 8 July 2012. Nearly 70 countries and organizations attended the conference, pledging a 16 billion dollar development aid to Afghanistan over the next four years. Multilateral organizations like World Bank and Asian Development Bank also attended the conference.

At the end of the conference all the participant nations and groups adopted the Tokyo Declaration, on the security of Afghanistan. The declaration read the main threat to Afghanistan's security and stability comes from terrorism and that this threat also endangers regional and international peace and security. The declaration also endorsed key recommendations of a regional conclave hosted by India to promote direct investment in Afghanistan.

The conference, which came in the wake of US and NATO force’s decision to pull out its troop from Afghanistan by the end of 2014, was aimed at providing monetary support to the war-torn nation. The development aid is intended to accelerate the pace of socio-economic development of the country.