By Iftikhar Mashwani
ISLAMABAD /KABUL: Responding to the recent statement of US President Donald Trump regarding the retaking of Bagram Air base,the Afghanistan Taliban government rejected the demand on Sunday.
Hamdullah Fitrat, Deputy Spokesperson, Afghan Taliban government said that”it has been consistently communicated to the United States in all bilateral negotiations that, for the Islamic Emirate, Afghanistan’s independence and territorial integrity are of the utmost importance”.
According to Sohail Shaheen, “If they want to good relations with Afghanistan and investment in Afghanistan, normal trade and diplomatic relations,than they are welcomed but if they entertain covetous aims whatsoever, then they need to go through the history of Afghanistan once more from the era of British Invasion down to the recent U.S. invasion”.He said that “they will learn a lot”.
Hamdullah Fitrat, Deputy Spokesperson, Afghan Taliban government replied in a written statement “accordance with Islamic principles and grounded in its balanced, economy-oriented foreign policy, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan seeks constructive relations with all states on the basis of mutual and shared interests.
He said that “it should be recalled that, under the Doha Agreement, the United States pledged that “it will not use or threaten force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Afghanistan, nor interfere in its internal affairs.”Therefore, it is necessary that they remain faithful to their commitments.
Accordingly, it is once again underscored that, rather than repeating past failed approaches, a policy of realism and rationality should be adopted.
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
US President Trump on Saturday threatened Afghan government that”If Afghanistan doesn’t give Bagram Airbase back to those that built it, the United States of America, BAD THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN,” Trump said in a Truth Social post.
Trump said on Thursday that the United States had sought to regain control of the base used by American forces following the attacks of September 11, 2001. He told reporters on Friday that he was speaking with Afghanistan about it.
