Friday, November 06, 2009 LONDON: The West could withdraw support for Afghan President Hamid Karzai if he fails to live up to its expectations during his second term, Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned on Friday.While defending Britain's Afghanistan mission against waning public support, Brown admitted Karzai's government had become a "by-word for corruption" -- and also pressed for more Afghan troops to bear the brunt of frontline action.He said he had spoken to Karzai, whose re-election was confirmed this week, several times in recent days and urged progress on the key issues of security, governance, reconciliation, economic development and regional relations."If the government fails to meet these five tests, it will not only have failed its own people, it will have forfeited its right to international support," Brown said in a speech in London.He said he had proposed Karzai draw up a new anti-corruption law, with a new commission advised by a high-profile...
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