The international community and the Afghan government have failed to deliver on the promises they made to the people of Afghanistan over security, the economy and better governance, Amnesty International said Wednesday, reported dpa.
In a briefing paper issued to mark this week's donors conference in Paris, Amnesty said many of the goals established for the Afghan government and its international backers at a 2006 Afghanistan conference in London "remained unmet."
The Paris conference, due to start Thursday, will bring together representatives of 80 donors and organizations operating in Afghanistan to review the implementation of the 2006 goals.
"The biggest advance in Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban is that many Afghans now dare to hope for a better future," said Amnesty International.
But six years after the international community helped bring President Hamid Karzai to power, Afghans were facing "increasing insecurity, a burgeoning drug trade, lack of respect for rule of law and human rights, a weak and inept justice system, poor governance and endemic corruption."
The donors themselves had admitted to the "serious funding gap" between what they promised the Afghan people and what they have delivered, said Amnesty International.
Both the international community and the Afghan government had focused on "short-term stability and security by relying on ostensibly pro-government warlords and corrupt officials, instead of prioritizing human rights and the rule of law."