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The Afghan government would quickly be overthrown if NATO troops pulled out of the country now, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband has warned. If international forces leave, you can choose a time -- five minutes, 24 hours or seven days -- but the insurgent forces will overrun those forces that are prepared to put up resistance and we would be back to square one, he told the Guardian newspaper in London.What we have to do is explain to people that the costs of staying are real but they are less than the costs of leaving, Miliband said. My argument is we stay for a purpose, for a period, for progress, he said. The goal is hard, but the goal is clear.
