Friday, February 16, 2007

Karzai in UK as Senlis report sounds warning

LONDON: Afghanistan is at a "tipping point" ahead of an expected Taliban spring offensive, a hard-hitting report warned yesterday as Afghan President Hamid Karzai was due for talks in London. -- The Senlis Council think tank said the US and its allies urgently needed to reassess their strategy in Afghanistan, where Nato forces are bracing for a major battle with insurgents as winter snows melt. --- The field report was released hours ahead of talks in London between Karzai and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, whose country is the second biggest provider of troops in Afghanistan. --- The study slammed the international community for "misguided" policies in the war-shattered state, saying it was doing nowhere near enough to help the local population through better economic and humanitarian support and was inadvertently helping the Taliban."The international community has reached a tipping point in southern Afghanistan," said The Senlis Council, which provides analysis and proposals in security and development policy.

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