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Dhaka, Aug 1 Afghanistan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta today expressed great happiness on joining the SAARC as its 8th member.
''Afghanistan belongs to South Asia and we are very happy coming back to the family,'' he told UNI after his meeting with Bangladesh Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan at the Sheraton hotel here.
Afghanistan was endorsed as member of the forum at the 13th SAARC summit in Dhaka. The country will formally join the SAARC through the 14th summit in India next year. The Afghan Foreign Minister is attending the SAARC Council of Ministers’ meeting on special invitation.
In reply to a question Mr Spanta said a solution to resolve regional conflicts and combat terrorism could be reached through better dialogue and said South Asia has lot of prospects to achieve economic development as well through the SAARC process.
Referring to the present situation in Afghanistan, he said after the Bonn conference Kabul has achieved great progress in establishing rule of law in the education sector and economic development.
However, he admitted that there are lot of challenges before Afghanistan in terms of combating poverty and terrorism.
Asked about the fresh Taliban attacks in southern Afghanistan, Mr Spanta said terrorist activities took place every summer but this time it was very terrible.
''Our security force is very weak. We need to strengthen our security force even in rural areas.'' Asked about the stability in Afghanistan following the fresh Taliban attacks, he said the government of President Kharzai is strong enough to combat terrorism with the help of international community.
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