Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s National Security Adviser Dr Rangin Dadfar Spanta announced on Saturday that the new government will sign the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) on Tuesday.
Speaking at the International Conference of Security Talks in western Herat, Spanta said that after Monday’s inauguration of president-elect Ashraf Ghani, the new government is said to sign the BSA on Tuesday.
During his speech, Spanta raised concerns of the ongoing fight against terrorism and its rapid spread. “If we are still fighting against insurgents for the past 13 years, the fight against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) will also be problematic,” he said, referencing to the failure of putting an end to insurgency anywhere in the world.
He went on to say that the struggle against terrorism is being fought on the wrong grounds. “I know that foreign troops in Afghanistan are fighting insurgents, but they are in the incorrect combat zone,” he added. Towards the end of his speech, Spanta said that “instead of focusing on building military forces, it will be good to have an inclusive policy.”