Turkey warned Britain and the United States yesterday that support for air strikes on Afghanistan could start to unravel unless the United Front soon captured ground from the Taliban and showed that the western military campaign was bringing results.
Washington and London should give greater help to the alliance, Turkey said, paving the way for international peacekeepers and aid supplies to move into liberated areas and act as an "example" for the rest of the country. The message came as Jack Straw, the UK foreign secretary, held separate talks with the Turkish prime minister, Mr Bulent Ecevit, and his foreign minister, Mr Ismail Cem. Mr Straw described it later as "sound advice".