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Afghanistan On Agenda Of NATO Chiefs Of Defense Summit

The Military Committee of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Tuesday met in Brussels where the alliance’s Chiefs of Defense discussed a wide range of issues including NATO’s strategic and operational situation in Afghanistan. 

During the two-day session, NATO chiefs of defense will discuss the challenging security environment on NATO’s southern flank and the coalition’s contribution to its stabilization.

“The CHODs with their Resolute Support counterparts will review the Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan and discuss the wider region. In Resolute Support format, the Chiefs of Defense will receive political, strategic and operational situation briefs from Commander of the Resolute Support Mission, General Nicholson, and the NATO Senior Civilian Representative Ambassador Zimmermann respectively, and provide further recommendations for 2018 and beyond,” said NATO in a press release on Tuesday. 

“The effectiveness of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) is essential to the stability of Afghanistan, and to the assurance of the Afghan society. And the positive message about their progress and confidence to fight and win needs to be more widely heard,” said general Pavel.

According to NATO, the Chiefs of Defense will also discuss the Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh in Iraq and the region. 

General Petr Pavel, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee has said that to win the war in Afghanistan, there is a need for further cooperation and training to be provided to the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces.

General John Nicholson, the commander of US forces in Afghanistan will update the session on the alliance’s strategic and operational situation.

Meanwhile, the Afghan Ministry of Defense stressed the need for more military cooperation and training to be provided by the NATO alliance to the Afghan security forces to enable conventional Afghan forces to tackle the threats on their own. 

“The number of forces battling in Afghanistan’s territory are sufficient, because the US has equipped them with the technology and advise,” the spokesman for Afghan Ministry of Defense, Mohammad Radmanish told TOLOnews on Tuesday. 

 “We are hopeful we can defend the geography of Afghanistan in a better shape in the next fighting season,” he added. 

Afghan government has said that it continues its efforts to convince the international community to target terrorist safe havens and training camps outside the borders of Afghanistan.

“The important topic which we shared with the international community is to continue their longstanding cooperation with Afghan security forces, the need for better equipment and more concentration on terror hideouts on the Pakistani soil,” Jawed Faisal, deputy spokesman for Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah told TOLOnews. 

Afghanistan On Agenda Of NATO Chiefs Of Defense Summit

The Afghan Ministry of Defense stressed the need for more military cooperation and training to be provided by NATO alliance to the Afghan security forces.

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The Military Committee of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Tuesday met in Brussels where the alliance’s Chiefs of Defense discussed a wide range of issues including NATO’s strategic and operational situation in Afghanistan. 

During the two-day session, NATO chiefs of defense will discuss the challenging security environment on NATO’s southern flank and the coalition’s contribution to its stabilization.

“The CHODs with their Resolute Support counterparts will review the Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan and discuss the wider region. In Resolute Support format, the Chiefs of Defense will receive political, strategic and operational situation briefs from Commander of the Resolute Support Mission, General Nicholson, and the NATO Senior Civilian Representative Ambassador Zimmermann respectively, and provide further recommendations for 2018 and beyond,” said NATO in a press release on Tuesday. 

“The effectiveness of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) is essential to the stability of Afghanistan, and to the assurance of the Afghan society. And the positive message about their progress and confidence to fight and win needs to be more widely heard,” said general Pavel.

According to NATO, the Chiefs of Defense will also discuss the Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh in Iraq and the region. 

General Petr Pavel, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee has said that to win the war in Afghanistan, there is a need for further cooperation and training to be provided to the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces.

General John Nicholson, the commander of US forces in Afghanistan will update the session on the alliance’s strategic and operational situation.

Meanwhile, the Afghan Ministry of Defense stressed the need for more military cooperation and training to be provided by the NATO alliance to the Afghan security forces to enable conventional Afghan forces to tackle the threats on their own. 

“The number of forces battling in Afghanistan’s territory are sufficient, because the US has equipped them with the technology and advise,” the spokesman for Afghan Ministry of Defense, Mohammad Radmanish told TOLOnews on Tuesday. 

 “We are hopeful we can defend the geography of Afghanistan in a better shape in the next fighting season,” he added. 

Afghan government has said that it continues its efforts to convince the international community to target terrorist safe havens and training camps outside the borders of Afghanistan.

“The important topic which we shared with the international community is to continue their longstanding cooperation with Afghan security forces, the need for better equipment and more concentration on terror hideouts on the Pakistani soil,” Jawed Faisal, deputy spokesman for Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah told TOLOnews. 

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