The regular Monday cabinet meeting “expressed deep sorrow and condemned in the strongest possible terms” recent incidents of civilian casualties in Herat as well as the provinces of Laghman and Kapisa, the statement said. A resolution adopted by the ministers said they had tasked the foreign and defence ministries to meet international officials in line with Afghanistan’s “right of national sovereignty.” “The presence of the international community in Afghanistan must be re-regulated based on bilateral agreements,” said the statement carried by the government news agency. “The limits of authorities and responsibilities of the international forces must be regulated under bilateral agreements based on international and Afghan laws,” it said. “Air strikes on civilian targets, unilateral searches of homes and illegal detentions of Afghan civilians must be stopped,” it added.
AFGHAN CABINET SEEKS REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL TROOPS
The Afghan cabinet on August 25 demanded the renegotiation of agreements regulating the presence of the international community in Afghanistan after more than 90 civilians were killed in US-led air strikes.
The Afghan cabinet on August 25 demanded the renegotiation of agreements regulating the presence of the international community in Afghanistan after more than 90 civilians were killed in US-led air strikes. The cabinet said the review should focus on the “limits of authority and responsibilities” of international troops and a halt on air strikes on civilians, illegal detentions and unilateral house searches, a statement said.
A government commission on August 24 said that more than 90 civilians, most of them women and children, were killed in air strikes in the western province of Herat on August 22. It is one of the deadliest civilian tolls in international military action since US-led forces invaded in 2001 to topple the Taliban regime.