20 December 2016

News Story: Chinese envoy calls on int'l community to improve security situation in Afghanistan

UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese envoy Monday called on the international community to improve the security situation in Afghanistan and to strengthen the country's independent defense and counter-terrorism capabilities.

Wu Haitao, China's deputy permanent representative to the UN, made the appeal at a Security Council meeting on Afghanistan.

Wu said the international community should lend strong support to the capacity-building of Afghan national security forces to help the country effectively tackle terrorism, transnational crime and drug trafficking.

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