Afghanistan crisis paves way for return of the Taliban (Filed: 27/06/2006) Five years after the West promised to rebuild Afghanistan, the country is facing its worst crisis since the Taliban was overthrown. Hamid Karzai has criticised the West's refusal to help his government with more money and troops earlier on. President Hamid Karzai and his western backers are seriously disillusioned with each other, while the Islamic militia is resurgent and people are being killed at a rate not seen since the 2001 American-led invasion. At a recent reception for the Queen's 80th birthday at the new British Council in Kabul...