FILE - In this July 8, 2012 file photo, Afghan President Hamid Karzai gestures while posing for a group photo with participants of an international conference on Afghan civilian assistance, at a hotel in Tokyo. President Karzai said Monday, July 9, he is encouraged by pledges to provide Afghanistan with $16 billion in aid, but warned that corruption in his country cannot be rooted out unless donors themselves take more action. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)