Afghan lawmakers said, foreign troops' withdrawal may cause civil war

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KABUL, 15 April, 2021 (TON): The complete withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan in light of the current circumstances poses the threat of a civil war, Speaker of Afghanistan’s parliament, Mir Rahman Rahmani, and some other members of the lower house said on Wednesday.

Rahmani said, “The withdrawal of these forces is a desire of the Afghan people, but at the moment, the conditions have not been made for this to happen, there is a possibility of the return of civil war and this will change Afghanistan into a hub of international terrorism.”

“The US has a responsibility to its people, they saw that it is difficult to work with these people (Afghans), so they decided to leave,” said MP Ziauddin Aryayeenezhad.

Meanwhile, Mirwais Nab Afghan Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs thanked the US for its assistance over the past two decades and said that the withdrawal of foreign forces will not pose threats to Afghanistan.

However, some other lawmakers viewed the main goals of the U.S. war in Afghanistan was to combat terrorism, drug trafficking and to create good governance, which they said has not been achieved, meanwhile accused the US of betraying the Afghan people by giving enormous concessions to the Taliban.

 

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