'Afghan Efforts Faltering'

Brian England 1/30/08 Global Political Relations
Afghan people have grown less confident about the role of US and other countries with NATO in Afghanistan. International help has been lacking and violence is coming back into play bringing a turning point to the country. Failure is becoming an appropriate word for the role of outside countries, and talk of pulling forces out of the region would bring two feared options to its people. If this were to happen the poor government of Afghanistan would undoubtedly fail, and bring rise to the Taliban, Al Qaeda, and other potential warlords. The country would be considered a failed state like it previously was under Taliban and Al Qaeda control. Forces have built up their infrastructure and security and are said to continue to do so. But the effort is no longer progressive in the country and will now be focused on the resurgent Taliban and Al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan, as well as containing the opium market.
Taliban ties moved the threat of violence and extremism from unlikely to extremely possible. Terrorist influence has made 2007 the deadliest year for international troops from Britain, Netherlands, Australia, Canada, and the US. Afghans have shown concern about the troop’s mission in their country and with these massive loses, so has most of the world. The threat of losing the control of the country would become an impacting black veil of terrorism to our country as well as many others. There are few international efforts to stop these extremists, and contributing countries plead for more support from those who seem to be ignoring the struggle. This is a fight on terrorism that affects the world and only a handful of nations are acknowledging this.
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/30/afghan.report/