Iran Opposes Deployment of Foreign Troops in Afghanistan

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Iran Opposes Deployment of Foreign Troops in Afghanistan

Iran said on Tuesday that it opposes deployment of foreign forces in Afghanistan in the name of establishing security in the war-torn nation, the official IRNA news agency reported.

Iran said on Tuesday that it opposes deployment of foreign forces in Afghanistan in the name of establishing security in the war-torn nation, the official IRNA news agency reported.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi was quoted as sayingthat "the presence of foreign military forces are contrary to the territorial integrity and independence of Afghanistan, which could lead to further complication of the situation and perturb the trendof return of peace to the war-ravaged country."

The United Nations is hosting a conference in Bonn, Germany, on Tuesday to work out the political future of Afghanistan to pave theway for a broad-based government in Afghanistan, while there has been a call for deployment of multinational forces in the country to secure peace and stability during the transitional period.

Asefi said that "the transitional Afghan government should take up the responsibility to establish security through the formation of a national police in Afghanistan."

"Under no conditions should the fundamental and decisive role ofthe Afghan people in protecting their basic rights and their activeparticipation in determining the country's fate be overlooked," he stressed.

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