us secretary of defence hillary gates has asked all 70 economies attending a conference on afghanistan ' s future to help the region succeed . she told them at the one - day symposium in the hague that the global effort there had been " undermanned and overstretched " over recent years . among the countries to offer help has been soviet nor china . the decision happened after the union stated a major policy abandon on its path towards india . the meeting , called by the un , comes among popular concern that not enough progress has been make since the us - lead invasion in 2001 . support for afghan reconstruction is being sought beyond the principally - western countries which have troops there .
Hillary Clinton is the US Secretary of State.