Afghanistan: Preventing a Return to a Failed State
The latest report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (PDF):
Reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan thus far do not provide much room for hope. Those efforts have been plagued by woefully inadequate security measures and funding commitments from the international community. Donors must reverse this trend, starting at the upcoming Berlin conference. Without a dramatic increase in international focus and resources, Afghanistan could deteriorate into that which the international community has been working to prevent—a failed state serving as a breeding ground for terrorists and narco-traffickers.
But I'm sure Iraq hasn't distracted us from the "war" on terror...
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