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U.S. Never Pulls out of Afghanistan, They Reassess Plans According to Situation: Military Experts
Military experts say that U.S. will never withdraw Pentagon military troops from Afghanistan, but they will reassess their plans according to the situation of Afghanistan.
“This is a reality that the U.S. will never leave Afghanistan, because they need our geographical location in the region, the U.S. is continuously assessing the current & the future situation of Afghanistan and they will readjust their plans according to their own assessments,” Attiqullah Amarkhail a military experts said.
New Pentagon Chief visited Afghan leaders on Saturday and stated during a joint press conference with President Ashraf Ghani that he’ll reassess U.S. exit.
“Our priority now is to make sure this progress sticks, that is why President Obama is considering a number of options to reinforce our support for President Ghani’s security strategy, including possible changes to the timeline for our drawdown of U.S. troops,” Carter said.
Further to these statements a number of Afghan politicians and experts stating that the U.S. must support Afghan Security Forces to safeguard their own interests.
Mohammad Sarwar Naiazi, a military expert said,” Our Afghan forces are still not capable to secure the whole country and if the foreigner forces pull out of Afghanistan, security will get worse day by day. The U.S. will drawback step by step, but they will keep a number of their forces in Afghanistan for a long-term; therefore, it is required to train, equip and finance ANSF forces so they can tackle the treats level”.
Adding that according to the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) inked between Kabul – Washington the United States will have nine military basis in different parts of Afghanistan which represents the U.S. long-term existence in Afghanistan.
Reported By: Rafi Sediqi
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China and Pakistan call for inclusive ‘political framework’ and ‘moderate policies’ in Afghanistan
According to the statement, Wang and Dar called for concerted efforts from the international community to help Afghanistan address challenges in areas such as the humanitarian situation and economic development.
“The two sides agreed to strengthen communication and coordination on the Afghanistan issue,” the statement read.
“They called for concerted efforts of the international community to help Afghanistan properly address challenges in such areas as the humanitarian situation and economic development, and encourage Afghanistan to build an inclusive political framework, adopt moderate policies, pursue good-neighborliness, and firmly combat terrorism, including not allowing its territory to be used for terrorist acts.
“Both sides agreed to play a positive and constructive role in helping Afghanistan achieve stable development and integrate into the international community,” the statement read.
Negotiations are ongoing between Afghanistan and Iran to sideline the US dollar in bilateral transactions, the deputy governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) said this week.
According to media reports, Mohsen Karimi, the head of the CBI, said talks are ongoing between the two countries for the implementation of “offshore rial” in Afghanistan.
Karimi said the “offshore rial” is used with the aim of supporting the economic activity and exporters of the private sector of the country.
Recently, CBI Governor Mohammad Reza Farzin announced that Tehran plans to use the “offshore rial” for trade with Russia, Afghanistan and Iraq. He also said at the time that the idea of ditching the US dollar has produced positive results.
Turkish ambassador to Kabul Cenk Ünal met with the acting Minister of Economy Din Mohammad Hanif on Thursday and announced that 20 tons of emergency aid will arrive by air in Afghanistan on Friday.
The Ministry of Economy said in a statement that Ünal assured the Islamic Emirate that Turkey will also send 650 tons of humanitarian aid including tents, food, medicines, clothes and other items to the victims of recent floods in northern Afghanistan.
He said this aid will be sent by rail and arrive via through Turghandi Port in Herat province.
Hanif welcomed the assistance and said Turkey has been a good “friend and partner” to Afghanistan throughout history.
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