International donors have pledged nearly $2bn (€1.64bn) in aid to help transform Afghanistan.
The United States has promised $1.1bn (€905m) while the UK says it will give €800m, as part of a five-year development plan being discussed at a conference in London.
Ireland has pledged a further €5m to assist with the ongoing reconstruction and reform process in the country.
The five-year plan, known as the Afghan Compact, is to be signed at the two-day conference which is being co-chaired by Afghanistan and the United Nations.
The US has been Afghanistan's biggest donor since leading the war that toppled the Taliban four years ago, but now it wants others to carry more of the burden.
Despite progress in building up a new government, concerns remain over security, poverty and the drugs trade.
The conference comes as NATO prepares to expand its role in Afghanistan with the deployment of an extra 6,000 troops.
The expansion, which focuses mainly on deployments into the southern Helmand province, will allow the United States to withdraw some of its 18,000 soldiers in Afghanistan.
