US. Secretary of State Colin Powell (C) points as Afghan interim leader Hamid Karzai (L) and U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill look on as they take a break from a session of the International Conference on Reconstruction Assistance to Afghanistan in Tokyo January 21, 2002. [Big donor countries on Monday pledged more than $1.5 billion to rebuild Afghanistan and eradicate the harsh conditions that bred the al Qaeda network.]