canberraNews: Canadian Senator Kenny: "anyone who expected a sophisticated, Western-style democracy to develop quickly is "dreaming in Technicolour"

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Canadian Senator Kenny: "anyone who expected a sophisticated, Western-style democracy to develop quickly is "dreaming in Technicolour".

Canada should consider withdrawing from Afghanistan unless its NATO allies deliver additional troops to the international mission, a Canadian Senate committee has recommended.

Australia, which has a 400-member reconstruction force, helicopters and a support team in Afghanistan, has already called for NATO troops to come to the aid of Australian and Dutch troops in the country's south if they come under threat from the Taliban. In the 45-page Canadian report, the Senate's national security and defence committee described the mission of stabilising Afghanistan as an uphill battle that could take decades.

The reluctance of Germany, France, Spain, Italy and Turkey to provide more combat troops in southern Afghanistan has irked nations on the front lines, raising concern over a split in the alliance.