Obama says Afghanistan on the brink of disaster
MORE than seven years after the US declared war on the Taliban, Afghanistan still stands on the brink of disaster, Barack Obama has declared.
An additional 21,000 US troops will be sent to Afghanistan and civilian aid to neighbouring Pakistan will be trebled, Mr Obama said in a speech that showed his desire to take full US ownership of the deepening conflict.
He warned both governments that they had to take far greater responsibility in tackling their own corruption and the lethal insurgency that is threatening their survival.
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