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U.S. State Department: ‘Afghan Policy Review Still Underway’
A U.S. State Department spokesperson says the U.S Afghan Policy Review is still underway.
Ms. Heather Nauert, the spokeswoman for the U.S. State Department, made these comments while replying to a question concerning the review of US policy in Afghanistan being conduced by the Trump Administration.
“Our Afghan policy review is still underway. So they are looking at – our officials who are involved in that Afghan policy review, I’m just not mentioning right now. So that review is underway. That review continues. I’m not going to get ahead of what’s in that review. We’ll just have to wait and see what comes out of it,” said Heather Nauert.
This comes as the U.S. Chairman of the Armed Services Committee, Senator John McCain, who recently visited Afghanistan, believes that Washington is currently losing the war in Afghanistan, saying the problem was the White House, which has not yet announced a clear strategy due to “disarray”.
“We have no strategy. And we are losing. When you’re not winning, you’re losing. And the ANA, the Afghan National Army, is taking unacceptable losses,” McCain said.
In the meantime, following the report that the U.S. President considered the idea of using private contractors to augment U.S. personnel on the ground in Afghanistan as opposed to U.S. military personnel, the White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said, “We feel it’s important to get input from all perspectives, and all of the right people were part of that process throughout, in any conversation.
“We’ve used contractors extensively over the last 16 years, Sanders said. Currently, there are tens of thousands of contractors that are bravely serving alongside a lot of the U.S. military and coalition forces. And we’re finalizing the review fully of the Afghanistan policy, and it only makes sense to consult those leaders in the field, as well. And that’s simply just part of the review process.”
Recently, Hugo Llorens, the U.S. the Ambassador in Kabul, said that Washington’s strategy does not involve just Afghanistan alone, but also involves Pakistan and other Central Asian countries.
By: Muhamad ZackArya
Officials at the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) say 7,000 incomplete projects of the World Bank are at risk of destruction in Afghanistan. They call on the World Bank to resume the work of these projects.
According to them, discussions have been held with the World Bank about these projects, but there has been no result yet.
“7,000 incomplete projects are being destroyed, and if the work is not started, these projects will be destroyed. We ask the World Bank to resume the work of these projects as soon as possible,” said Noorul Hadi Adel, the spokesperson of MRRD.
Meanwhile, members of the private sector also ask international institutions to resume their work in Afghanistan.
According to the officials of this sector, with the start of these projects, job opportunities will be provided for thousands of people in the country.
“These projects create employment for our people and the country will grow a lot,” said Mirwais Hajizadeh, a member of the private sector.
However, economic experts stated if the work of these projects does not start soon, they will be destroyed and the investments made in them will be wasted.
Ten people have been killed and six others injured by floods in Helmand province in the past week, local officials said on Friday.
According to officials, seven of those were members of the same family, and they were killed in Kajaki district last night.
“Most of the people moved from vulnerable areas to high lands and mountains, and thanks Allah the number of casualties is low,” Sher Mohammad Vahdat, the head of information of the Directorate of Information and Culture in Helmand, said adding rescue teams and security forces have been dispatched to help people.
It is said that the telecommunication system has also been disrupted due to the effect of floods in Kajaki district. Floods have also destroyed thousands of acres of agricultural land.
Roza Otunbayeva, the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, met with the Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in New Delhi and discussed issues related to Afghanistan, it was announced on Thursday.
During the meeting, Otunbayeva thanked India for “its critical humanitarian support and longstanding friendship for the Afghan people” and discussed the importance of regional and international cooperation to address prevailing challenges in Afghanistan, UNAMA said on X.
Jaishankar also said on X that the sides exchanged views on the current situation in Afghanistan.
“Underlined that India has provided wheat, medicines, pesticides and school supplies. Appreciate the role of UN agencies as partners in these endeavors,” he said.
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