Ghani urges joint combat against ISIS, Al-Qaeda in Munich

Afghanistan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani during his statement in Munich summit has insisted on joint combat against IS Daesh , Al-Qaida militants in Afghanistan, saying war in Afghanistan has regional and international roots.

President Ghani has told that together, there is substantial amount that we can do, but what is the nature of the threat?  I would like to speak of the ecology of terror, terror has become a system in a distinctive ecology.  And unfortunately, Afghanistan where our successes  have made us not be headlines, because when will the media report on a success,  is still the focal point of the media of this ecology.

Daesh [ISIL] is fast moving to stage four of its classic pattern, namely organizing, orienting, deciding and acting. The threat of this ecology is global but Afghanistan is the meeting ground of this global ecology, lest we forget this and takes our eyes elsewhere, there will be consequences President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has spoken to audience in Munich summit.

President Ghani has stated that we have engaged the region. Our active diplomacy has brought a series of trilateral relationship, the most significant of which has been China, United States and Afghanistan. Equally, our engagement with Pakistan has been intense, comprehensive and hopefully in quiet. We do not make announcements, we look for outcomes. And we are hopeful that there will be outcomes that will make results that will be game changers in our part of the world. We have engaged our Central Asian neighbors, and soon we will have witnessed the birth of the Lapis lazuli route, a route that would connect Afghanistan to Europe via Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey.

We have engaged all members of five circles of our foreign policy, and here particularly again I would like to thank the United States and the framework nations of Germany, Italy, Turkey, UK and other members who are contributing to the Resolute Support Mission President Ghani urged.

President Ghani has expressed his optimism over the achievements made on launching clearance operations for removing militants,saying Daesh insurgents are in run.

Reported by Abdul Aziz Karimi