The United States and NATO have turned their backs on Afghanistan. With a light footprint and supported by local . That was the beginning of the warlords, as we know them now, in Afghanistan. Afghanistan is spiralling into a failed state and a civil war in which groups such as al Qaeda will thrive and likely pose a threat again to the West, Britain's defence minister said on Friday. Is Afghanistan bound to be a failed state? - Quora After a 20-year war in Afghanistan, the United States has withdrawn most of its troops, allowing Taliban forces to sweep across the country in . Adam Pain . Afghanistan: The Failed State 9789383930425, Afghanistan: The Failed State, G.B. Answer (1 of 4): In spite of what most of the media tells us, Afghanistan has a large number of intelligent, passionate and (foreign) educated people that have the potential to start changing the status quo and go build a real society. Authors: Adam Pain. How America Failed in Afghanistan | The New Yorker How The CIA Turned Afghanistan Into A Failed Narco-State But they're not enough. After 20 years, billions of euros, tens of thousands of lives, and interminable promises of enduring Western support, Afghanistan is now approaching failed state status, friendless, abandoned by those very nations that said they would never leave -- including Germany. For examples of real failed states look at Syria or Somalia. Afghanistan: The 'failed State' as Status Quo? it unpacks the concept of "state failure" focusing on three gaps that the state is not able to provide when it is in the process of failure: capacity, when state institutions lack the ability to effectively deliver basic goods and services to its population; security, when the state is unable to provide security to its population under the threat … Neighbouring states cut off access and egress from and to Afghanistan. Afghanistan, the World's 7th Fragile State | TOLOnews After 20 years of war, the deaths of at least 66,000 Afghan police and military, 47,245 Afghan civilians, 2,443 U.S. soldiers and at least $1 trillion dollars spent, the United States has . Afghanistan spiralling into failed state where al Qaeda will thrive, UK ... with the United States. Afghanistan: A Failed State? Ten years after 9/11 and the start of the conflict on its territory, the security and political situation in Afghanistan remains unstable and the Islamist insurgency continues to represent the principal threat. He will keep 5,500 U.S. troops in Afghanistan through 2017, rather than reduce the number to a nominal 1,000 or less deployed around Kabul at the end of 2016.