The EU issued a statement congratulating Afghan people at their historic 100th Independence year. The statement read that it supports Afghanistan at this critical juncture and hails its aspirations for peace, stability and justice.

EU reiterated the friendship and cooperation that bounds the two regions by the principles of unity and sovereignty, ensuring equality under the rule of law, on the basis of the Afghan constitution.
The EU’s statement said that it supports democracy, transparent elections and development in Afghanistan and emphasised that the two shall remain united in the struggle for human and civil rights and in particular the rights of women and girls.
Stressing the need for an immediate and lasting reduction in violence, the EU further said that it will actively accompany the negotiations aiming at achieving peace that the people of Afghanistan deserve and have long demanded.