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Afghanistan could implode say MPs
Afghanistan could "implode" without more troops, and Iraq has become a "battleground" for al-Qaeda, warns an MPs report on the war on terrorism.

The Commons foreign affairs committee also says there is little sign of winning the fight against Afghan drugs.

The MPs say Iraqi forces are still a long way from being able to ensure security in their country.

They say there are too few foreign troops in Iraq and that Muslim states should be encouraged to send forces.

…Tony Blair recently denied suggestions that Afghanistan had become a "forgotten" country amid complaints from some of the MPs on the committee who visited the country.

The MPs back Afghan President Hamid Karzai's call for Nato's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) to be given more resources.

Conservative committee member Sir John Stanley told reporters that security in Afghanistan was "on a knife edge".

Nato must answer President Karzai's call for more help, he said. "If we fail to do so then I believe there is a very serious risk that the country in security terms is going to go back very, very seriously.

"We could end up with a situation that everything we have tried to achieve could be set back almost to square one."

Posted by Prometheus 6 on July 29, 2004 - 9:33am :: War