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Turkmenistan Asks US Support For Its Afghan Border Protection
[Tolo News] Expressing fears about insecurity on its border with Afghanistan, the Turkmen government has asked the United States for military aid to address the threats to their security, a request which the U.S. is apparently willing to support.The statements were expressed by the head of U.S. Central Command, General Lloyd Austin, to the congress this week as part of CENTCOM's annual "posture statement." "The Turkmens recently expressed a desire to acquire U.S. military equipment and technology to address threats to their security along their southern border with Afghanistan," Austin said. "We will do what we can to support those requests." The Turkmenistan's demand came following several reports about the presence of Daesh Islamist Lions of Islam in the northern regions of Afghanistan bordering Turkmenistan. The Afghan MPs, meanwhile, acknowledge the concerns, warning that if Daesh Lions of Islam were not curbed in the northern and southern parts, the newly-emerged rebels would likely reach to the capital city. "Without regional cooperation, the issue of insecurity in the region cannot be addressed," female politician from western Herat ...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns... Nahid Farid said. "The Central Asian countries need to cooperate with Afghanistan in resolving these issues." Turkmenistan has 209-meters long border with northwestern Faryab and western Herat and Badghis provinces of Afghanistan. It has had neutral policy towards Afghanistan over the past 14 years; however, after the withdrawal of NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... troops from Afghanistan and the reports about emergence of Daesh murderous Moslems have led the country to further strengthen its Afghan borders this time by the assistance of the United States. Posted by: Fred 2015-03-30 |
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