Afghan government approves development blueprint

Afghanistan’s government has approved a new blueprint to build peace in Afghanistan over the next five years and meet the demands of its war-weary people for a better life, officials said today.

The blueprint will be presented to donor at a two-day conference next week in London, which is expected to be attended by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Prime Minister Tony Blair, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.