Friday 7 October 2011

Afghanistan Prepares For Civil War


President Hamid Karzai Photo: REUTERS

Afghanistan 'Risks Turning Into Civil War' -- The Telegraph

A Government review of the war in Afghanistan will warn that there is a risk of a civil war or a Taliban takeover in their former strongholds when Nato's major combat forces depart at the end of 2014.

The report commissioned by David Cameron will also say that the Pashtun belt across the Afghanistan-Pakistan border could develop into a de facto autonomous region that could remain a security risk to the West for years to come.

British officials have stressed that such forecasts offer the worst case scenario, but even the most positive outlook only sees a fragile Kabul government under threat from pockets of violent resistance.

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