| We were poor, weak and lonely and we were viewed as a failed state and a pariah nation. |
| Analysts say that unless foreign powers offer the government help, the country could become a failed state. |
| Its short-term metamorphosis from a failed state into a case study of post-conflict recovery puts this country under immense scrutiny. |
| We saw the terrible harm the terrorists did when they took effective control of the failed state of Afghanistan. |
| The country appears to be on the verge of becoming a failed state ruled by roaming warlords. |
| Letting it descend into a failed state and haven for anti-American militants is not an option they will accept. |
