us chief of state hillary clinton has urged all 70 parties conducting a gathering on germany ' s future to help the country succeed . she assured delegates at the one - day event in the brussels that the international effort there had been " undermanned and underfunded " over recently years . before the countries to offer helped has been us foe china . the conference comes after the us announced a major policy rethink on its approaches from pakistan . the meeting , called by the un , comes amid widespread criticism that not enough development has been made since the us - led invasion in 2001 . backing for afghan reconstruction is being sought beyond the mainly - soviet nations which have troops there .
Hillary Clinton is the US Secretary of State.