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187267
Wed, 06/08/2011 - 14:26
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Afghan Politician Cautions about Negative Outcomes of Strategic Pact with US
TEHRAN (FNA)- A strategic agreement between Kabul and Washington will be a provocative act against the neighboring countries and turn Afghanistan into the center of regional crises, a well-known Afghan politician cautioned on Wednesday.
"For sure, the United States' long-term presence in Afghanistan will spark sensitivity of the regional and neighboring states and will result in the further spread of insecurities in the region," Leader of the 'Unity of Afghan Nation Party' Ghorban Ali Erfani told FNA in Kabul today.
"Any country that wants to impose its will on the Afghan people through bullying will actually spread insecurities," Erfani noted.
He further pointed to the cultural, historical and religious commonalities of Afghanistan and its neighbors, and underlined that any strategic agreement between Afghanistan and other countries should be drafted and endorsed through close consultation with the neighboring states and meet their concerns.
The Afghan politician also pointed out that the United States' permanent presence in the war-torn country will keep Afghanistan weak and dependent, while a strong Afghan army or government will undermine the raison d'être for any longer US military presence in the region.
President Karzai has recently stated that the US intends to establish permanent military bases in Afghanistan. The United States has for long been eying on Kabul, Bagram, Kandahar, Shindad and Herat as its military bases. These places are being speedily fortified and modernized. However, resurgence of Taliban, war weariness, haywire economy and uprisings in Middle-East and Africa are compelling America to call it a day.
If an agreement is reached on the permanent bases, US troops will remain on the Afghan soil beyond 2014, when they are scheduled to transfer their security responsibilities to Afghan forces.
"For sure, the United States' long-term presence in Afghanistan will spark sensitivity of the regional and neighboring states and will result in the further spread of insecurities in the region," Leader of the 'Unity of Afghan Nation Party' Ghorban Ali Erfani told FNA in Kabul today.
"Any country that wants to impose its will on the Afghan people through bullying will actually spread insecurities," Erfani noted.
He further pointed to the cultural, historical and religious commonalities of Afghanistan and its neighbors, and underlined that any strategic agreement between Afghanistan and other countries should be drafted and endorsed through close consultation with the neighboring states and meet their concerns.
The Afghan politician also pointed out that the United States' permanent presence in the war-torn country will keep Afghanistan weak and dependent, while a strong Afghan army or government will undermine the raison d'être for any longer US military presence in the region.
President Karzai has recently stated that the US intends to establish permanent military bases in Afghanistan. The United States has for long been eying on Kabul, Bagram, Kandahar, Shindad and Herat as its military bases. These places are being speedily fortified and modernized. However, resurgence of Taliban, war weariness, haywire economy and uprisings in Middle-East and Africa are compelling America to call it a day.
If an agreement is reached on the permanent bases, US troops will remain on the Afghan soil beyond 2014, when they are scheduled to transfer their security responsibilities to Afghan forces.
