The United States is on the top of the donor's list with 10.2 billion dollars, followed by the Asian Development Bank with 1.3 billion, the World Bank with 1.1 billion, Britain with 600 million pounds (1.2 billion dollars), and the European Union with 500 million euros (775 million dollars).
Host France pledged 107 million euros (165 million dollars) from the year 2008 to 2010.
France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) poses between UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (R) and Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai (L) at the start of the international conference in support of Afghanistan at Kleber International Centre in Paris June 12, 2008. Standing with them (front row, L-R) are: France's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, US first lady Laura Bush, Aga Khan and German's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Ministers from dozens of countries gathered in Paris to pledge funds for Afghanistan and review their development strategy for the violence-plagued state. (Xinhua Photo)
Aside from the new pledges, the international community had promised 25 billion dollars since 2002, but only 15 billion has been disbursed.
A donors' conference in 2006 in London secured pledges of 10.5 billion dollars.
