Several politicians have criticised recent statements made by Afghanistan's Minister of Economy where he accused foreigners of spending money heedlessly in Afghanistan.The reactions from other political players have largely contradicted the Minister Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal's comments, with one critic arguing that without that foreign money, there would be no Minister of Economy.
"The current government was established with the help of foreigners. If there were no foreign donations, there would have been no minister holding his position today," Afghanistan's National Front party member Fazel Rahman Oryakhil told TOLOnews.
Arghandiwal said Wednesday that the foreigners have come to Afghanistan for their own interests and accused them of corruption and poor accountability in spending as much as $49 billion in country.
Another member of Afghanistan's National Front said that if the Afghan Foreign Ministry fails to correct such statements, Afghanistan will face a major political confusion.
"The Foreign Ministry should not allow every government official comment on the country's politics from any tribal, political and regional point of view," the member said.
Rights and Justice Party member Abdul Abbas Noyan also called for the government to prevent such comments saying that it showed a lack of good governance.
"All such statements are due to lack of good governance. President Karzai should question him about his statements," Noyan said.
Others commented that it was also wrong to say such things because the presence of foreign troops in Afghanistan was very important at this time in order to prevent invasion of neighboring countries.