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Afghanistan Should Not be Abandoned Again: Afghan Senators
[Tolo News] Afghanistan's senators welcomed the conclusions of the NATO...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the cut of the American pants... summit and its partners in Chicago, but are wary about trusting the promises being made. The experience of the 1990s when Afghanistan slid into civil war following the fight against the Soviet occupation and the departure of the US has left some senators concerned that the statements being made on commitment to Afghanistan were too ambiguous. "The [long-term] commitments being made towards Afghanistan are ambiguous up to now; the international community should not abandon Afghanistan and repeat the mistakes of 90s," Senate vice chair Mohammad Alam Ezdyar said Tuesday. "This would not be beneficial to the whole world." Senator Sayed Farukh Shah Jenab, who hailed the summit as an historic event, also said the presence of Pakistain in Chicago and its failure to solve the problem of the closed supply route across its border had boosted the world's understanding of Afghanistan's plight. "Even though the financial commitments are not still clear, the Chicago summit has benefitted Afghanistan anyway," he said. "The humiliating presence of the Pak president in the summit was also a positive message for Afghanistan." One senator stressed that more attention needed to be paid to the international aid being sent to the country - if it is misused, then Afghanistan will not develop. "If corruption continues, Afghanistan will remain poor despite the international aid," Senator Lailuma Ahmadi said. "Your cut, sir." "Oh. Thank you! Thank you very much!" Posted by: Fred 2012-05-23 |
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