26 January 2017

News Story: Global Powers Must Not Engage in Rivalry in Afghanistan - CEO

By Sayed Sharif Amiri

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah on Tuesday said that the Afghan government will not allow global powers to engage in rivalries on Afghan soil and exploit the country’s sovereignty.

Referring on the Taliban insurgency, Abdullah said that continued financing by foreign countries of Taliban’s war machine was still a matter of great concern, but warned that the Taliban would fail to reach its objectives by waging war against the country.

“We will not allow any country to misuse (Afghan soil); continued support by donor countries has a major importance for us in the fight against terrorism,” said Abdullah.

Political commentators say Afghanistan needs to define an effective policy which can deter interference by global powers in Afghanistan’s affairs.  

“I don’t think that global powers are able to engage in rivalry here, because past experience has proved that such an approach will not yield an outcome,” said legal expert Nasrullah Stanekzai.

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