(Pajhwok): NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg in a pre-ministerial press conference on Monday reiterated that the presence of the alliance\u2019s troops in Afghanistan is \u201cconditions-based,\u201d saying \u201cwe will not leave before the time is right.\u201d \u201cOur common goal is clear. Afghanistan should never again serve as a haven for terrorists to attack our homelands. So, our presence is conditions-based,\u201d Stoltenberg said. While no ally wants to stay in Afghanistan longer than necessary, we will not leave before the time is right.\u201d \u201cHowever, peace talks remain fragile and the level of violence remains unacceptably high, including the Taliban attacks on civilians. The Taliban must reduce violence, negotiate in good faith and live up to their commitment to stop cooperating with international terrorist groups,\u201d he said. He said that NATO strongly supports the peace process in Afghanistan. \u201cThis is the best chance for a lasting political solution.\u201d \u201cWe will continue to take more measures to ensure the safety of our troops and consider next steps in a deliberate and coordinated way,\u201d he said. \u201cWe also realize that one of the best weapons we have in the fight against terrorism is to train local forces,\u201d he said. NATO will closely consult on the way forward in Afghanistan and that all allies support the Afghan peace process and that no ally wants to stay in Afghanistan longer than necessary, but the threat of the country being used as a safe haven for terrorists must be considered, he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
(Pajhwok): NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg in a pre-ministerial press conference on Monday reiterated that the presence of the alliance\u2019s troops in Afghanistan is \u201cconditions-based,\u201d saying \u201cwe will not leave before the time is right.\u201d \u201cOur common goal is clear. Afghanistan should never again serve as a haven for terrorists to attack our homelands. So, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archived-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3286"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3287,"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3286\/revisions\/3287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}