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2020-03-04 Afghanistan
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Ghani: Forces Can ‘Survive for Two Years’ With Current Resources
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[ToloNews] President Ashraf Ghani
...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money...
, in an address to the Afghan Army's Selab Corps officers in the eastern province of Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
, assured the forces about their funding and equipment, saying there will be no reduction in their number and facilities.
He also told the troops that the international community and Afghanistan have common interests:
"You should have no concern about the funding, equipment or training of our security and defense forces. We (Afghanistan and the international community) have common interests," President Ghani said. "Our international friends have been with us in the worst conditions and we appreciate their cooperation and sacrifice."
"God forbid that a situation comes about that some people are concerned with. If we stop building roads and schools for two years we will have enough money to not let any of you remain hungry even for a day or be without a facility," he said.
There will be "no reduction in the size and equipment of the security and defense forces, Ghani said, adding that "we have resources to survive" for two years.
Ghani called on the Taliban
 ...mindless ferocity in a turban...
to come and open an office in Nangarhar if they are Afghans. He questioned why they have "councils" in Pakistain. He also criticized the Taliban for attacking Afghans while stopping their attacks against US forces ‐ as part of a peace deal that was signed in Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
on Feb. 29.
"Security threats cannot be removed in one day with the arrival of peace," Ghani said. "Our goal is that the Afghan Defense and Security Forces take away the voice of guns from the country."
He reiterated that the Afghan government has the will for peace.
"We will enter the talks with thoroughness. Our goal is to achieve a result. We have the will, the capacity and the power for peace; therefore, we should be ready for negotiations," he added.
The opportunity for peace, Ghani said, has been because of the sacrifices of the Afghan forces. 
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