Afghanistan's security has eroded to the point that global efforts to rescue it after two decades of war could fail unless nations expand their role there, a UN report has revealed.
democratic government is to succeed.
The process began in Bonn two years ago.
The report, covering developments from July 2002 to November 2003, was released as hundreds of Afghans came to the capital Kabul for an assembly to adopt a new constitution and as the United States continued an offensive against Taliban and al-Qaida fighters.
failure," Annan said in the report.
Taliban from rule for harboring Usama bin Laden.
assistance and furthering the peace process is a matter of the utmost concern," he said.
necessary for a full political and economic transition."
A US air strike over the weekend that was directed against a guerrilla commander but killed nine children added "to a sense of insecurity and fear in the country," according to Lakhdar Brahimi, the head of UN operations in Afghanistan.
year are back in classrooms.
And 2.5 million people received repatriation aid, he said, saying the refugees would not have returned if the situation had not improved. Still, six million Afghanis will need food aid for the rest of 2003.
single faction," the report said.