Afghan President Hamid Karzai asked an international conference Tuesday to channel aid money through his government to fund national programmes that could transform the lives of the Afghan people, DPA reported.
"Despite notable achievements we have learned together that delivering our resources through hundreds of isolated projects will not generate the desired results, achieve public visibility or support the establishment of good governance," Karzai told nearly 70 international representatives, attending the Kabul Conference.
"It is time to concentrate our efforts on the limited number of national programmes and projects to transform the lives of our people, reinforce the social compact between state and citizens," the president said.
He also said that the new course would also "create a mechanism of mutual accountability between the state and our international partners."
The delegates, including nearly 40 foreign ministers, are expected to deliberate and endorse 15 socio-economic development national priority programmes drawn up by the Afghan government during the course of Tuesday.
The donors attending the conference are expected to transfer more aid money and responsibility to the Afghan administration in return for Kabul's assurance to tackle the widespread corruption in its administration.