As Attacks Continue in Afghanistan, World Donors Pledge Less Aid.

The article report that the Afghan and Western officials served as a forum to discuss the need for a lasting peace in Afghanistan, even as donors there lowered aid targets for the country out of concern about corruption and uncertainty. It mentions that the bazaar crowded with poor farmers and shopkeepers turned into a stage for carnage when twinned bombs exploded at dusk, and shattering the sense that any place in Afghanistan could be a haven from violence.