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177884
Tue, 04/26/2011 - 09:02
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Afghan Interior Minister Voices Opposition to US Permanent Mission
TEHRAN , April 26 (FNA)- Afghan Interior Minister Besmellah Mohammadi announced his strong opposition to the establishment of permanent US military bases in his country.
"No one supports establishment of a permanent US base. Here the issue is strategic cooperation which will not be implemented without the parliament's agreement at all," Mohammadi told the Afghan parliament's Home Security Commission.
He also referred to the opposition voiced by Afghan President Hamid Karzai against the establishment of permanent US military bases in his country, and underlined that Karzai had already rejected such plans.
Mohammadi stressed that Loya Jirga, Afghanistan's Grand Council, is the only authority which should decide if any future strategic cooperation between Kabul and Washington is needed.
President Karzai has recently stated that America intends to establish permanent military bases in Afghanistan. The US has for long been eying on Kabul, Bagram, Kandahar, Shindad and Herat as its military bases. These places are being speedily fortified and modernized. However, resurgence of Taliban, war weariness, haywire economy and uprisings in Middle East and Africa are compelling America to call it a day.
Iran has many times urged withdrawal of foreign forces from the region, describing it as the only way to restore peace and tranquility in this part of the world.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in August that withdrawal of American forces from the region is the only way for US President Barack Obama to prove he is serious about implementing his campaign motto of change.
Ahmadinejad criticized his American counterpart for failing to realize his campaign trail promise of "change."
"They (the Americans) announced that they had pulled out part of their forces from Iraq in recent days and claimed that their move was in line with their slogan of 'change,'" Ahmadinejad said in August.
"You said you would withdraw all your troops from Iraq, why is it that some of them are still in this country? Secondly, where are you relocating your forces from Iraq?"
"Americans want to relocate their soldiers to Afghanistan. What kind of a change in their military policy is this?"
"No one supports establishment of a permanent US base. Here the issue is strategic cooperation which will not be implemented without the parliament's agreement at all," Mohammadi told the Afghan parliament's Home Security Commission.
He also referred to the opposition voiced by Afghan President Hamid Karzai against the establishment of permanent US military bases in his country, and underlined that Karzai had already rejected such plans.
Mohammadi stressed that Loya Jirga, Afghanistan's Grand Council, is the only authority which should decide if any future strategic cooperation between Kabul and Washington is needed.
President Karzai has recently stated that America intends to establish permanent military bases in Afghanistan. The US has for long been eying on Kabul, Bagram, Kandahar, Shindad and Herat as its military bases. These places are being speedily fortified and modernized. However, resurgence of Taliban, war weariness, haywire economy and uprisings in Middle East and Africa are compelling America to call it a day.
Iran has many times urged withdrawal of foreign forces from the region, describing it as the only way to restore peace and tranquility in this part of the world.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in August that withdrawal of American forces from the region is the only way for US President Barack Obama to prove he is serious about implementing his campaign motto of change.
Ahmadinejad criticized his American counterpart for failing to realize his campaign trail promise of "change."
"They (the Americans) announced that they had pulled out part of their forces from Iraq in recent days and claimed that their move was in line with their slogan of 'change,'" Ahmadinejad said in August.
"You said you would withdraw all your troops from Iraq, why is it that some of them are still in this country? Secondly, where are you relocating your forces from Iraq?"
"Americans want to relocate their soldiers to Afghanistan. What kind of a change in their military policy is this?"
