Study: Afghanistan could fail as a state

Source: Associated Press

Study: Afghanistan could fail as a state

By ANNE FLAHERTY, Associated Press Writer
2 hours, 10 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Afghanistan risks sliding into a failed
state and becoming the "forgotten war" because of
deteriorating international support and a growing violent
insurgency, according to an independent study.

The assessment, co-chaired by retired Marine Corps Gen.
James Jones and former U.N. Ambassador Thomas
Pickering, serves as a warning to the Bush administration
at a time military and congressional officials are
debating how best to juggle stretched warfighting
resources.

The administration wants to re-energize anti-terrorism
efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan, where al-Qaida is
regenerating. But the U.S. still remains heavily invested
in Iraq, and officials are sending strong signals that
troop reductions there will slow or stop altogether this
summer.

"Afghanistan stands at a crossroads," concludes the
study, an advance copy of which was obtained by The
Associated Press. "The progress achieved after six years
of international engagement is under serious threat from
resurgent violence, weakening international resolve,
mounting regional challenges and a growing lack of
confidence on the part of the Afghan people about the
future direction of their country."

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Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080129/ap_on_go_ot/us_afghanistan

anything..I agree. :(

Little Arfin Annie says things are going swimmingly in Afghanistan, and who would know better than someone who bears a startling resemblance to an Afghan hound?

during his SOTU Monday night?

So, why didn't the talking heads take Bush to task during the post-address analysis?

Can't trust that damn liberal media.

things in afganistan were going so well he's going to send in an additional 3200 troops. :eyes:

Karzai has always been nothing more than the mayor of Kabul.

I think the writer needs a refresher course in the correct use of tenses. Conditional is for something iffy; past tense is used for something that has already happened.

"could".