The international community has assured Afghanistan's president that it will continue to help his country even after troops withdraw in 2014, as represenatives from more than 90 countries meet in Germany to discuss the Afghan conflict.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has promised key reforms, but also asked for more funds over the next decade.

One of the region's main players, Pakistan, is missing from the conference, boycotting proceedings after 24 of its soldiers were killed in a NATO strike on a border post.

Al Jazeera's James Bays reports from Bonn, Germany.