KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday called on the Afghan security forces to protect the people from rebels and suicide bombers.
The president said this at the graduation ceremony of military officers from the military university in Kabul.
It was the ninth batch of 343 military officers graduating from the Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim Defense University.
“Afghanistan is fighting against terrorism and you have chosen a hard way of sacrificing your lives for the protection of your people and human values, but your this duty is far sacred and prideful,” Ghani told the graduates.
The brave Afghan security forces were protecting the country’s independence and national sovereignty in order to help ensure a peaceful environment for the sake of stability and economic development in the country, he said.
“You are in trenches not only for the defense of your country, but also to fight on frontline against the international terrorism which is a great threat to the humanity, you are the protectors of humanity,” he told the graduates.
The president said the Afghan forces in their military uniforms did not belong to a specific tribe or area, but they belonged to the whole of the country.
“We saw in the past that our enemies did not want Afghanistan to have relations with the international community, they wanted to turn our country into a safe haven for terrorists.”
“The enemies would again detach Afghanistan from the world if they again find that power, but fortunately the courageous Afghans would not let them achieve such goals,” Ghani added, saying the Afghan security forces needed more development to win full trust of the people. (Pajhwok)