Delegates from Afghanistan, other Asian countries, Europe and the United States on Friday attended the 5th Herat Security Dialogue conference where they discussed security in Afghanistan and the region among other issues.
Addressing the conference, former national security advisor Rangin Dadfar Spanta said Saudi Arabia, Qatar and United Arab Emirates are deliberately backing terrorism.
He added the U.S military intervention in Iraq led to the creation of Daesh militant group.
Participants of the gathering raised major concerns over the deterioration of the security situations in Afghanistan. However, they stressed that convening meetings such as this in Herat would help to aware the world from the ongoing in Afghanistan.
“The United States is about to realize a number of its grandiloquence it is hauling from the Bush era in terms of its economic and security strengths. The Europeans have also started commuting on the same track and are not capable of doing the works without having support from the United States. Therefore, there is no sign of a powerful element in the world that could act as a managing power. It is one of the main reasons behind the ongoing conflict in the world,” Spanta said.
He stated that terrorists in Afghanistan are operating with the help of financial assistance they receive from the Gulf States.
“The contemporary terrorism revolution in fact is an international extremist revolution on the basis of which the powerful nations infiltrate on those countries without a government or very weak,” he added.
Spanta also criticized the international community for not focusing on the plight of the war victims in Afghanistan.
“Those who are struggling to intervene or occupy others’ territories must realize that such a doctrine is no longer practical in today’s world,” said Herat governor Mohammad Asif Rahimi.
“Afghan leaders are very serious about this issue and the Taliban cause the vast majority of civilian casualties according to UNAMA report; however, Afghan forces have caused increasing amounts of civilian harms as of 2014,” said Christopher C. a former Pentagon military officer.
“Unfortunately war is ongoing around us and the violence making out its way to our region. We witnessed bombings in Kabul and Balkh during Ashura ceremony two days ago, where at least thirty people died,” said Indian journalist Jyoti Malhotra.http://www.tolonews.com/en/afghanistan/27800-afghan-regional-peace-tops-agenda-at-herat-security-dialogue
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