The Times of London reports on that forgotten country's sink into despair:
Nearly four years after the defeat of the Taleban, efforts to rebuild Afghanistan face a real and worrying risk of failure?, the British Government has concluded.Don't annoy Bush by bringing this up. He still thinks Afghanistan -- which slipped his mind about a week after Bin Laden slipped away -- is just dandy.
Terrorism remains an ever-present threat. Opium production is spreading. Large parts of the country's infrastructure are in tatters and United Nations targets for improving basic services such as education and water will not be met.
