Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,

The US and NATO are intending to announce their plan for withdrawing troops from Afghanistan today (April 14th 2021).

If the US and NATO were to withdraw their soldiers from Afghanistan without regard to the security situation there, then there’s a great danger to the security of this country and the world. Al-Qaida, IS and other terrorist groups could regain their strength and threaten the world with their advance. The consequence would be a relapse into a catastrophic situation like that before 11 September 2001, which is why terrorist attacks like those of 11 September 2001 could repeat themselves. There’s also the danger of a new civil war in Afghanistan.

A better alternative would be for the US and NATO to link their troop withdrawal from Afghanistan to the security situation there.

Of course, this decision is up to Mr President Joe Biden.

Best regards

Hayattullah Maiwand

1.Chairman of the FDPA