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Norway's Minister of International Development Hilde Frafjord Johnson addresses a press conference in Kabul, 19 September 2003. Johnson warned that aid was vital to help improve security for Afghanistan as a lack of visible reconstruction work could foster support for insurgents. The minister was speaking at the end of a three-day visit to Afghanistan to discuss reconstruction and the political process. AFP PHOTO /SHAH Marai