Representatives from at least 70 countries as well as international organisations have gathered in Kabul, the Afghan capital, for an international conference on the future of Afghanistan.<br /><br />The government of Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan's president, will seek greater control of billions of dollars in development funds.<br /><br />Bernard Kouchner, the foreign minister of France, spoke to Al Jazeera's James Bays ahead of the conference about how the summit is a turning point for peace in the war-torn country.<br /><br />July 20, 2010
