by Nabeela Ashrafi
Some Afghan politicians on Thursday said that Afghanistan should take the necessary steps to secure its strategic partnership with the United States.
Referring to the significance of Afghan-US strategic ties and implications on regional politics, Mohammad Omar Daudzai, former minister of interior, said that neighboring countries are attempting to isolate Afghanistan.
He suggested government should take the initiative to hold on to the nation's allies.
Daudzai also slammed the ongoing political rift between leaders of the national unity government, adding that the ongoing turmoil is damaging the morale of the Afghan security forces battling militants.
Afghanistan was never a slave of Russia nor of Pakistan and it would not be a slave of the U.S, said Daudzai, but added that relations with the U.S was in the interests of the country.
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