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China called the US report on the withdrawal from Afghanistan incomplete

6 Jul 2023 - 11:26

Wang Wenbin, the spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, criticized the report of the US Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the withdrawal of the country's troops from Afghanistan and emphasized that the report ignores the deaths of many Afghan civilians due to US intervention.


Afghan Voice Agency (AVA): "Wang Wenbin", the spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, criticized the report of the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan and said that the American intervention led to an increase in the number of civilian casualties in this country.
 
The Chinese Foreign Ministry says that the report of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan did not mention the number of civilian casualties.
 
Wang Wenbin, the official representative of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, announced on Wednesday, July 5, 2023 that the report of the US State Department criticizing the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan does not show that the US intervention has resulted in a large number of civilian casualties.
 
Wang said, "It is unfortunate that the issues that America really needed to investigate and understand were not reflected in the report, for example, violations of international law, interference in the internal affairs of other countries under the guise of democracy, and the selective fight against terrorism." with some terrorist groups), which led to an increase in terrorism, caused many casualties among innocent civilians and plunged the region into chaos."
 
He pointed out that Washington should return the frozen assets of the Central Bank of Afghanistan to the people of Afghanistan, cancel the unilateral sanctions against Afghanistan, fundamentally abandon the policy of militarism, and correct the senseless aggression and interference in the affairs of other countries.
 
On July 30, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs published a report in which it strongly criticized the withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan. It is stated in this statement that the leadership of the US Foreign Ministry has not appointed the people who will coordinate the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan.
 
On April 14, 2021, US President Joe Biden announced that he had decided to end operations in Afghanistan, which became the longest foreign military operation in US history. The United States started this war in October 2001. At the peak of operations in 2013-2010, the number of Western forces in Afghanistan exceeded 150 thousand people. The withdrawal of American forces began in May 2021.
 
After the announcement of the United States' readiness to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan in the spring of 2021, the forces of the Islamic Emirate began a large-scale operation to establish control over the country. On August 15, 2021, the former president of Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani fled the country and the Islamic Emirate entered Kabul without a conflict. By early September 2021, the US military has completely left Afghanistan, ending the nearly 20-year occupation of Afghanistan.
 


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