WASHINGTON: Kabul on Monday welcomed US President Donald trump’s Afghan policy announcement, which cleared the way for the deployment of thousands more US troops to Afghanistan Monday, backtracking from his promise to rapidly end America´s longest war.
In a statement Afghan Ambassador to US, Hamdullah Mohib said, “We welcome this decision, which is result of intense deliberations and take into account both our countries and considerations.”
He went on to say, “This is the first time a focus has been put on what Afghanistan must have to succeed, and we are for this outcome.”
The statement further says: “President Trump has embraced a strategy that gives Afghanistan what it needs, specifically:
Like America, Afghanistan also wants an “honourable and enduring outcome” to this fight, for all the Afghan, US and NATO soldiers who have served and sacrificed to advance the cause of peace.”
Read Ambassador @hmohib's statement on @POTUS announcement tonight regarding US policy toward #Afghanistan and Southeast Asia. pic.twitter.com/SKtddSQptT
— Afghan Embassy DC (@Embassy_of_AFG) August 22, 2017
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