Afghanistan could `implode,' British report warns

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LONDON (CP) — Afghanistan could "implode" unless NATO does more to help it get on its feet, a group of British MPs said today in a report that also gives a grim assessment on Iraq.

The military alliance must heed the calls of Afghan President Hamid Karzai to provide more soldiers and resources to its International Security Assistance Force — which includes more than 1,500 Canadians — to avoid failure, said the House of Commons foreign affairs committee.

"There is a real danger if these resources are not provided soon that Afghanistan — a fragile state in one of the most sensitive and volatile regions of the world — could implode, with terrible consequences," says the report.

"We recommend that the government impress upon its NATO allies the need to deliver on their promises to help Afghanistan before it is too late, both for the credibility of the alliance and, more importantly, for the people of Afghanistan."

On Iraq, the MPs said there also are not enough troops on the ground to deal with the deteriorating security situation and that countries other than Britain and the United States, including Islamic countries, must be encouraged to provide more soldiers.

"Iraq has become a battle ground for al-Qaida, with appalling consequences for the Iraqi people," the committee said. "However, we also conclude that the coalition's failure to bring law and order to parts of Iraq have created a vacuum into which criminal elements and militias have stepped."

It says "the alternative to a positive outcome in Iraq may be a failed state and regional instability."

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1. it is not nato fault that bush put all the troops in the wrong country

it is up to bush to fix this mess he made...all his minions need to be in a war...get their gear and go on the front lines....