Thread by @AfghanistanInLK

Watch Ambassador @MAshrafHaidari's recent interview with @StratNewsGlobal, discussing the following key foreign policy issues of interest and concern to #Afghanistan with far-reaching implications for regional stability and international security --

as well as the need for the international community to stay the course in the country:

1. The #US troop withdrawal announcement: Preparedness by the #ANDSF leading over 95% of all counter-terrorism operations in defense of Afghanistan and to contribute to regional stability

and global peace

2. The US #bipartisan support for a conditions-based, well-coordinated, responsible approach to troop withdrawal so Afghanistan doesn't have to revisit the 1990s and the #US the tragedy of 9/11

3. President-elect @JoeBiden's Afghanistan policy to be measured and based on sound military advice and his own knowledge of the key drivers of insecurity in the region

4. The stalled Afghan #peace process due to escalation of violence by #Taliban and their failure to deliver on their commitments to a notable reduction in violence, humanitarian and permanent ceasefires, and a tangible dialogue to reach a sustainable political settlement within

#Afghanistan's Constitutional framework

5. The #GenevaConference and international conditions (based on mutual accountability) for continued aid to #Afghanistan

6. Lessons to be learned from #SriLanka's war-to-peace-transition experience and their decisiveness in the fight

against terrorism

7. #Trade and transit connectivity and regional economic cooperation as the corner-stone of the Afghan foreign policy with win-win goals

8. Expansion of trade and people-to-people ties between #Afghanistan and Sri Lanka: achievements and challenges