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Trump Administration Should Take Review on Military Situation, Aid Programs in Afghanistan: Curtis
White House top adviser, Lisa Curtis in an interview with Ariananews says the Donlad Trump’s administration should take a review on situation of Afghanistan and Pakistan’s performance.
Donald Trump’s adviser in South Asia affairs, Lisa Curtis said, “I think the Trump administration will have to take a review of the situation in Afghanistan and of course that is directly connected to Pakistan And this review will have to look at not only the military situation but also the aid programs.”
Curtis is said to believe that the White House should focus more on Pakistan which plays a key role.
Lisa Curis noted, “Our diplomacy needs to be working more carefully with Pakistan to convince Pakistan to crack down on the Taliban and Haqqani networks sanctuaries. I think the Trump administration will need to take a more clear and sharper approach to Pakistan.”
She also called Taliban’s activities in Afghanistan alarming and emphasized on further U.S. support from Afghan forces.
Curtis further added, “The security situation in Afghanistan is very dire at the moment. The Taliban have made territorial gains over the last couple of years since the U.S. and NATO forces drawn down and no longer involved in combat operations. Certainly there is a need for more U.S. support to the Afghan security forces as they battle the Taliban so that they can push back the Taliban.”
Trump’s senior adviser also considered Russia’s influence in Afghanistan not effective for the stability of the country.
She said, “The Russians seem to be trying to assert their influence in Afghanistan. I think they are taking advantage of the presidential transition in the U.S. and to assert a great role for themselves. I don’t think they will be successful, they do not have leverage or engagement in the region and there are still a lot of suspicion among the Afghan people toward the Russians. They have been reaching out to Taliban they have tried to make a case that they should fight with the Taliban against ISIS.”
This comes as the new U.S. administration is busy with bargaining about Afghanistan to manage its cooperation in a four-years framework.
Reported by Nazira Karimi from Washington D.C.
Edited by Zack Arya
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More needs to be done to boost local industry, says Kabir
The deputy prime minister for policy, Mawlavi Abdul Kabir, met with Nooruddin Azizi, Acting Minister of Commerce and Industry, at Sapidar Palace on Tuesday and discussed issues around the quality of domestic products and the need to grow and develop the industrial sector.
Azizi said that good trade relations with neighboring countries has resulted in stable prices of goods in the country.
He said the Ministry of Commerce and Industry works closely with the private sector. As a result, the private sector functions in a befitting manner and the Islamic Emirate has provided necessary facilities.
Azizi said that based on the Islamic Emirate’s good economic policies, there has been a significant development in the import/export sector in the country.
Kabir in turn voiced appreciation for efforts by the leadership of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and said: “The unprecedented efforts of the IEA’s administrations and the stability of the Afghan currency caused the price of food ingredients to remain in the right state and our people also be able to buy essential materials.”
He emphasized the need to work for a balance in trade with neighboring countries, and said more efforts were needed to improve the quality of domestic products and to grow the sector.
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Russia and Tajikistan hold joint military drills along Afghanistan border
Russia and Tajikistan conducted a joint four-day military exercise along the border with Afghanistan in order to be prepared for any “potential threats”, Tajik media reported this week.
Russian military personnel from the 201st military base in Tajikistan participated in this exercise. Reports stated military personnel practiced various combat tactics, especially tactics to counter terrorist groups that illegally enter Tajikistan.
This comes amid repeated concerns expressed by Afghanistan’s neighbors about what they claim are terrorist threats originating from Afghanistan.
The Islamic Emirate has not yet commented on the drills but has repeatedly denied the presence of terrorist groups in the country. The IEA has also continuously said no militant group will be allowed to threaten another country from Afghanistan.
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