Finnish envoy briefs Ghani on pledging support developments 

President Ashraf Ghani met with Finland’s special envoy for the Geneva Conference on Afghanistan Jan Talas Wednesday to discuss final details around the November pledging summit. 

The meeting comes after the official launch of preparations for the conference was held in Kabul on Tuesday. However, Ghani was not able to attend as he had been on an official visit to Doha, Qatar. 

Catching up on the developments, Ghani was briefed by Talas who said the international community has shown its readiness to participate and support the Afghan government. 

He said foreign partners would announce their financial and political commitment to Afghanistan at next month’s event in Geneva. 

In a tweet issued by the Presidential Palace (ARG), government said Ghani thanked the international community for its continued financial and political support which is critical to Afghanistan’s prosperity, self-sufficiency, development and peace. 

The November conference is the last pledging conference of the Transformation Decade (2015 to 2024), which was in place to help Afghanistan become self-reliant, and is expected to renew international community and Afghan commitments to the development and stability of Afghanistan up to 2024.

The conference will be held over two days, November 23 and 24, but the main conference will take place on day two, with side events to discuss key challenges and accomplishments for Afghanistan occurring the day before.