British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said on Friday he was worried that Afghanistan was spiraling towards a failed state that could become a breeding ground for terrorists such as al-Qaida, which would probably come back.
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"I'm absolutely worried that failed states are breeding grounds for those types of people," Wallace told Sky when asked about Afghanistan. "Al-Qaida will probably come back."
Wallace said the West had to understand that it could not instantly fix countries such as Afghanistan but should manage situations.
He said that Afghanistan's second biggest city of Kandahar and the town of Lashkar Gah was "pretty much now in the hands of the Taliban."
The speed of the Taliban advance has shocked the Afghan government and its Western allies who, led by the United States, are withdrawing their forces.
