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NATO to fund $1 billion annually to Afghanistan till 2020
All NATO country members have announced their financial commitments once again to Afghanistan and will provide $1 billion dollar annually to Afghanistan up to 2020 and the following money will be spent on equipping, training of the Afghan National Security Forces.
Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg said,” NATO country members have announced their financial supports to Afghan National Security Forces up to 2020, in the mean time NATO forces in Afghanistan will play advising and training roles and will never enter war zones for combating.”
In the following Warsaw Summit Afghan leaders have also announced their solid commitments on combating corruption and putting it into practical steps.
Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg said,” One of the biggest achievements in Warsa summit is that despite of $4 billion dollars coming from US Government we have $1 billion dollar, and almost all our commitments were made has been shared, that means now we are close to each other.”
Afghanistan used to receive $4billion dollar annually and it was decided on Chicago summit on 2012 up to 2017, NATO will continue to its mission to Afghanistan up to 2020 and its forces will only provide advice training for the Afghan security forces.
“ Our resolute support mission will contain advising and training, we will continue to provide help and assistant to Afghan security forces, We have made Afghan security force enable to ensure security for the entire country, our mission will focus on training advising aspects to Afghan security forces Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg said,”
He went on and said,” We have received reports on IS militants in Afghanistan, we have also heard that local Taliban have announced their loyalty to Daesh, we continue to improve the Afghan security forces to combat against those militants in Afghanistan.”
NATO country members have once again demanded Afghan Government to take combating corruption into practice.
Reported by Sharif Hassanyar
Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi and Pakistan’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Mohammad Sadiq met on Saturday and discussed bilateral relations, political and economic cooperation, security and transit, said Zia Ahmad Takal, head of public relations at Foreign Ministry in a statement.
In this meeting, Muttaqi emphasized that obstacles to trade and transit are not in anyone’s interest and that certain issues should not be linked together.
He added that the process of Afghan refugees returning from Pakistan should be carried out gradually and with dignity.
According to the statement, Pakistan’s special representative also acknowledged that ensuring security in Afghanistan benefits both Pakistan and the region.
He committed to introducing measures to facilitate the visa issuance process for Afghan citizens.
Mohammad Sadiq also stated that practical steps will be taken to resolve existing trade and transit challenges.
The Afghan embassy in Oslo will resume consular services on coming Monday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul announced Saturday.
The ministry said in a statement that the resumption of consular services in Norway was a “positive step.”
In August last year, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul declared the consular services of Afghan missions in 14 Western countries including Norway to be invalid.
The statement cited corruption, lack of transparency and non-coordination with the ministry as reasons for the closure.
Eighteen people were injured following a dispute between two brothers in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province on Friday, local officials said.
The incident occurred in the Old Bazaar area of Gereshk district and the people were injured when the son of one of the two brothers threw a hand grenade, the provincial department of information and culture said.
Two of the injured people are said to be in critical condition.
Officials did not say what caused the dispute.
One person has been arrested in connection with the incident.
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