Afghanistan - On the Roads to Ruin

Eighteen months have now passed since the West made a series of unequivocal promises to Afghanistan. Bush started the ball rolling by forgetting to include in the last budget any aid for Afghanistan.

Tony Blair vowed that the West would not walk away from Afghanistan. But in a remarkable journey, meeting militia leaders and the heavily guarded President, Peter Oborne found a nation left to fend for itself - and Taliban thugs undeterred
(On the Roads to Ruin)