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198234
Sat, 07/30/2011 - 15:14
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Iranian Diplomat: US Pursuing Suspicious Strategy in Afghanistan
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Ambassador to Kabul Fada Hossein Maleki cautioned that the recent surge in the assassination of Afghan officials concurrent with the start of the US pullout from the country is suspicious.
"These events produce abundant suspicions and ambiguities," Maleki told FNA on Saturday, adding, "That such assassinations are carried out concurrently with the pullout of the first group of the US military men from Afghanistan cannot be ignored easily."
Referring to the contradictory remarks of the US officials about Washington's plan for withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan, he said, "Such contradictory comments show that after 10 years, Americans do not have single policy on Afghanistan and seek to change their methods and tactics any second."
Maleki reiterated that Afghanistan and the regional countries believe that the Afghan government enjoys the capability to establish security throughout the country, and said, "The international community and the US should act upon their undertakings and provide the Afghan government and national forces with the necessary tools and equipment."
Iran, along with other regional countries, has on numerous occasions asked for a 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?"
"These events produce abundant suspicions and ambiguities," Maleki told FNA on Saturday, adding, "That such assassinations are carried out concurrently with the pullout of the first group of the US military men from Afghanistan cannot be ignored easily."
Referring to the contradictory remarks of the US officials about Washington's plan for withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan, he said, "Such contradictory comments show that after 10 years, Americans do not have single policy on Afghanistan and seek to change their methods and tactics any second."
Maleki reiterated that Afghanistan and the regional countries believe that the Afghan government enjoys the capability to establish security throughout the country, and said, "The international community and the US should act upon their undertakings and provide the Afghan government and national forces with the necessary tools and equipment."
Iran, along with other regional countries, has on numerous occasions asked for a 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?"
