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Sun, 06/26/2011 - 14:57
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Former Afghan Official Blames Foreign Forces for Insecurity in Afghanistan
TEHRAN (FNA)- A prominent Afghan analyst and a former interior ministry official stressed the inefficiency of military options for the settlement of the Afghan problem, and warned that insecurities in the country will remain unsolved as long as foreign forces remain in the country.
"If the westerners' presence in Afghanistan maintains its current status, Afghanistan will never witness security since security is provided by the people and their right of ownership over their land and not through militaristic approaches and massacre," Former Deputy Interior Minister for Security Affairs Lieutenant General Abdul Hadi Khalid told FNA in Kabul on Sunday.
He added that foreign presence in Afghanistan also sparks reaction of the regional states and withdrawal of foreign forces will eradicate such negative reactions in the region and "pave the ground for the strengthening the central government both inside and outside Afghanistan".
"People will consider themselves as owners of their land and will start cooperation with the government after the withdrawal of the foreign forces," Khalid stated.
The comments by the Afghan figure came a day after Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei called the continued presence of the US military forces in Afghanistan as the main cause of insecurity in the war-torn country.
Speaking at a meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his companions here in Tehran on Saturday, Ayatollah Khamenei cautioned about the dangerous consequence of the US efforts to establish permanent military bases in the region, specially in Afghanistan.
"Americans are after permanent bases in Afghanistan, which is a dangerous issue because as long the US troops are in Afghanistan, there would be no real security," the Leader warned.
"The Afghan people are suffering from the US military presence in their country since this presence is a great pain for them and the entire region," Ayatollah Khamenei stated.
The Leader further stressed that Afghans are capable of controlling their affairs and determining their fate, and urged a rapid pullout of the foreign troops from Afghanistan, saying that the sooner the aliens withdraw their troops from Afghanistan, the better it will be for the Afghan and the regional people.
Most world countries, including Iran, have blamed foreign forces for continued instability in Afghanistan and have called for a complete pullout from the country, which first went under invasion and occupation by the US-led NATO troops in 2001.
"If the westerners' presence in Afghanistan maintains its current status, Afghanistan will never witness security since security is provided by the people and their right of ownership over their land and not through militaristic approaches and massacre," Former Deputy Interior Minister for Security Affairs Lieutenant General Abdul Hadi Khalid told FNA in Kabul on Sunday.
He added that foreign presence in Afghanistan also sparks reaction of the regional states and withdrawal of foreign forces will eradicate such negative reactions in the region and "pave the ground for the strengthening the central government both inside and outside Afghanistan".
"People will consider themselves as owners of their land and will start cooperation with the government after the withdrawal of the foreign forces," Khalid stated.
The comments by the Afghan figure came a day after Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei called the continued presence of the US military forces in Afghanistan as the main cause of insecurity in the war-torn country.
Speaking at a meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his companions here in Tehran on Saturday, Ayatollah Khamenei cautioned about the dangerous consequence of the US efforts to establish permanent military bases in the region, specially in Afghanistan.
"Americans are after permanent bases in Afghanistan, which is a dangerous issue because as long the US troops are in Afghanistan, there would be no real security," the Leader warned.
"The Afghan people are suffering from the US military presence in their country since this presence is a great pain for them and the entire region," Ayatollah Khamenei stated.
The Leader further stressed that Afghans are capable of controlling their affairs and determining their fate, and urged a rapid pullout of the foreign troops from Afghanistan, saying that the sooner the aliens withdraw their troops from Afghanistan, the better it will be for the Afghan and the regional people.
Most world countries, including Iran, have blamed foreign forces for continued instability in Afghanistan and have called for a complete pullout from the country, which first went under invasion and occupation by the US-led NATO troops in 2001.
