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| Afghanistan's government 'could collapse' after 2014 - report |
| 2012-10-08 |
| A new report on Afghanistan warns that the departure of Nato forces in 2014 could be followed by the government's collapse and even civil war, unless steps are taken now. The International Crisis Group (ICG) says the Afghan police and army are unprepared for security responsibility. It added that polls in two years' time would be "plagued" by fraud unless the state acted to ensure a clean vote. The Afghan government labelled the predictions "nonsense and garbage". "Our nation was not born in 2002. We have a history of 5,000 years. We have fought against superpowers in the past. Our national police and army are ready to defend the country's soul and sovereignty," a statement said. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #12 primo Opium? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2012-10-08 22:27 |
| #11 Go ahead, Steve - be mean. That's the one thing they've definitely earned all by themselves. |
| Posted by: Barbara 2012-10-08 22:09 |
| #10 We have a history of 5,000 years Not to be mean, but what, exactly, do you have to show for it? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2012-10-08 22:07 |
| #9 ICG REPORT = "... espec iff the [Afghan] Presidential elections are fraudulent". * See also DAILY TIMES.PK > [Pakistan] WHOLE REGIME WOULD FALL IFF CONSTITUTION NOT FOLLOWED. * SAME > FEAR OF CIVIL WAR MAKES AFGHANS UNWILLING TO RETURN. IIUC, the US-NATO have two countries [AFPAK] to worry about come 2014, not just Afghanistan. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-10-08 20:52 |
| #8 Karzai is packing up the Treasury as we speak. |
| Posted by: mojo 2012-10-08 16:30 |
| #7 Huh, don't look a day older than 1,400 years old...must the be attitude. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2012-10-08 16:20 |
| #6 They have a history of 5,000 years alright. Let's roll it back to the Buddhist years. That might work. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2012-10-08 15:46 |
| #5 What government? |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2012-10-08 14:49 |
| #4 Nuke the whole country. Dump all toxic waste into it. |
| Posted by: Spogum Henbane7455 2012-10-08 14:10 |
| #3 We have a history of 5,000 years Prostitution's been around longer than that. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2012-10-08 11:48 |
| #2 The International Crisis Group (ICG) says the Afghan police and army are unprepared for security responsibility. ...and never would be prepared without a tectonic change in culture. Best case would have been to do with the non-Pushtun northern tribes what was done with the Kurds, making them autonomous and self sustaining, if not a constant pain in the a$$ to those to the south. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2012-10-08 11:44 |
| #1 "Unexpectedly" /s |
| Posted by: tipover 2012-10-08 10:51 |