U.S. Hopes Billions for Development Will Turn the Tide in Afghanistan War

As Americans grow increasingly skeptical about the war, their top diplomat arrived in the Afghan capital today under unprecedented security, hoping to help lead a major international conference that will turn over greater control of the future of Afghanistan to its own, struggling government. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton flew to Kabul from Islamabad, Pakistan, where she unveiled half a billion dollars worth of development programs intended to persuade Pakistanis that the United States'...Full Story