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Foreign Troops Level Depends on Security Situation in Afghanistan: Afghan Minister
U.S. and allies pledged to send more troops to support Afghanistan’s hard-pressed military on Thursday but left no details about its numbers, Afghan Acting Defense Minister stressed foreign troops level depends on security threats in the country.
Tariq Shah Bahrami said on Friday that the number of additional foreign troops to Afghanistan would be clarified in coming weeks.
“Some countries confirmed to send additional military advisers and soldiers to Afghanistan. In coming weeks the numbers would be clarified and it would depend on the level of security threats that the government of Afghanistan and the U.S. have measured,” Bahrami said.
On Thursday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that NATO and its allies have reconfirmed their commitment to Afghanistan and that they will sustain Resolute Support Mission beyond 2017.
Acting Defense Minister believes the government would be able to combat and defeat the insurgents with the support of NATO.
“NATO member states committed of continuing financial support and confirmed their cooperation with four-year security plan of Afghanistan,” Bahrami said.
The Afghan Interior Ministry, however, stressed on the advising and training role of the U.S. and NATO military.
“These soldiers [New expected foreign troops] will be responsible of training and advising the Afghan security forces and will not participate in combat missions,” said Acting Spokesman of the Interior Ministry.
Following the NATO defense ministers meeting on Thursday in Brussels, Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah has welcomed the NATO’s decision of continuing support to Afghan government and in fight against terrorism.
It comes as the NATO chief has said that their support with Afghanistan, depending on Afghan government’s fight against corruption and bringing reforms into state institutions, particularly in security sectors.
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Pakistan rejects IEA’s allegations of Daesh using its territory against Afghanistan
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan on Thursday rejected the statements of the Islamic Emirate regarding the use of Pakistan’s soil against Afghanistan by Daesh, calling the remarks as “unwarranted and irresponsible.”
Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, spokesperson of Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said in a press conference that instead of such statements, the Afghan authorities should take effective action against all terror groups, based in Afghanistan.
Earlier, the Pakistan Army claimed that last month’s suicide attack that killed five Chinese nationals in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had been planned in Afghanistan and had been carried out by an Afghan.
In reaction, a spokesman for the Ministry of Defense of Afghanistan, Inayatullah Khwarazmi, said that in an area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which is under the security of the Pakistan Army, the killing of Chinese nationals is either the weakness of the security institutions or their cooperation with the attackers.
He also said: “We have cases where the Daesh entered Afghanistan from Pakistan, and Pakistani soil was used against our soil, and the attacks are planned in that country.”
Pakistan has repeatedly claimed that Afghan soil is being used in attacks against Pakistan, but this was the first time the Islamic Emirate accused Pakistan of not preventing Daesh from entering Afghanistan.
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Afghans will have a good future under the shadow of Islamic system: Haqqani
Acting Minister of Interior Sirajuddin Haqqani has said in a meeting with the European Union envoy in Kabul that Afghans will have a good future in peace and under the shadow of the Islamic system.
According to a statement released by the Ministry of Interior on Friday, Haqqani, in his meeting with Raffaella Iodice, the European Union’s Chargé d’affaires to Afghanistan, said that Afghans will work hard, endure hardships and will be on the path of progress.
The EU envoy expressed her hope for continued peace and a better future for Afghans, according to the statement.
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Kabir urges Panjshiris to encourage their sons in exile to return home
Mawlavi Abdul Kabir, the political deputy prime minister, urged Panjshir residents to encourage their sons living in neighboring countries to return home as the Islamic Emirate has no enmity with anyone.
At a gathering in Panjshir, attended by senior IEA officials, Kabir said that there is currently no space for ethnic and linguistic discrimination as well as hypocrisy in Afghanistan.
He stressed that all Afghans should work together for the construction, development and prosperity of the country.
According to him, IEA’s political and commercial relations with the world are secure and the government is committed to the development and reconstruction of Afghanistan and is doing its best to gain self-sufficiency.
At this gathering, the IEA’s minister of Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, Mohammad Khalid Hanafi, said that illegal acts in the country have reached zero and that Daesh does not exist in the country. He also said the people of Panjshir will not be deceived by biased people.
“Currently, there is no corruptor and there is no Daesh fighter in Afghanistan, and no one can provide proof [of their existence]. We are one nation. Our religion and beliefs are one,” said Hanafi.
Some residents of Panjshir also said that they support the Islamic Emirate and will share their challenges with the authorities.
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