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NATO Chief Defers Decision on Pulling Troops from Afghanistan World Friday, February 19, 2021 07 Libya’s interim NATO chief defers decision on PM in Cairo for pulling troops from Afghanistan first visit abroad DPA cil have promised to work CAIRO on uniting state institutions, The Taliban have threatened reprisals if the withdrawal doesn’t go ahead as agreed in a peace deal with NATO which have been divided for LIBYA’S new interim Prime years between a UN-backed DPA Minister Abdul-Hamid government in Tripoli and an BRUSSELS Dbeibeh met Egyptian Presi- eastern-based one allied with dent Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi in military strongman Khalifa NATO has pushed back a de- Cairo on Thursday, during his Haftar. cision on whether to keep its first trip outside Libya since Egypt has been a supporter troops in Afghanistan past his election two weeks ago. of Haftar. a May deadline agreed with Dbeibeh was elected ear- Dbeibeh’s visit to Cairo the Taliban in a peace deal lier this month during a UN- comes few days after an Egyp- last year, risking retaliatory brokered process as part of a tian delegation visited the Lib- attacks from the radical Is- four-member transitional ad- yan capital Tripoli to discuss lamist group. ministration to lead the war- re-opening the embassy there. “We are faced with many torn country until national Libya has been in turmoil dilemmas, and there are no elections scheduled for De- since the 2011 overthrow of easy options at this stage,” cember. dictator Moamer Gaddafi and NATO Secretary Gener- Dbeibeh is yet to form a has become a battleground al Jens Stoltenberg told re- cabinet, and is required by the for rival proxy forces that has porters following talks with UN to present his line-up to drawn in foreign powers, in- the alliance’s defence minis- parliament by February 26. cluding Russia and Turkey. ters on Thursday. In Cairo, Dbeibeh ex- Meanwhile, Libyan Air- The 30 NATO coun- pressed to al-Sissi his coun- lines resumed flights between tries are to remain in close try’s appreciation for Egyptian the two countries on Thurs- consultation in the coming efforts to help solve the Libyan day. weeks, he added. crisis as well as fight terrorism Egypt’s Civil Aviation Au- In view of the perilous and extremist groups, accord- thority chief Ashraf Noweir security situation on the ing to a statement by the Egyp- said operations are resuming ground, NATO seems poised tian presidency’s spokesman. between Libya’s Benghazi city to stay put. Stoltenberg has The meeting was attended and Egypt’s coastal city of Al- repeatedly argued that the by Egyptian Prime Minister exandria on Thursday. It is Taliban have reneged on Moustafa Madbouli and intel- expected to operate this route their side of the bargain and ligence chief Abbas Kamel. three times per week. must cut back on bloodshed Al-Sissi said the election Flights from Mitiga air- and sever ties with terrorist of the new Libyan administra- port in Tripoli to Alexandria groups. tion is a “promising start for will also resume next week, he The Taliban has threat- a new phase where all Libyan added. ened reprisals if the with- institutions work together in Libyan Airlines stopped drawal doesn’t go ahead. unity and harmony,” the state- flights to Egypt in November Germany - which has the ment added. 2019, though another state- second-largest share of the Dbeibeh and the three- run airline, Afriqiyah Airways, roughly 10,000 NATO and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels on Wednesday. (AFP) member Presidency Coun- has been operating. partner-country troops in Afghanistan - has spoken out committed to renouncing And if the Taliban regains down the road on Afghani- in favour of staying in the violence and entering peace Germany - which has the definitive control of the ter- stan on Thursday, they did country for now. talks with the government. ritory, this could take the al- agree to beef up their Iraq But the alliance is still The US invaded Afghani- second-largest share of lies back to square one. mission to help prevent the waiting for a nod to stay or go stan and with NATO allies the roughly 10,000 NATO The Taliban movement, resurgence of the Islamic from new US President Joe ejected the Taliban from and partner-country which still controls roughly State terrorist group. Biden, who is reviewing the power in the wake of the troops in Afghanistan - 10 per cent of Afghanistan, The number of person- policy course set out by his September 11, 2001 attacks has spoken out in favour has continued carrying out nel the states deploy to predecessor, Donald Trump. in order to stop the country of staying in the country attacks in various parts of train Iraqi security forces Under the Trump admin- from serving as a haven for for now the country despite the start is to increase from 500 to istration, the United States international terrorists. of direct peace talks between some 4,000, Stoltenberg an- signed an agreement with Close to two decades of the internationally backed nounced. the Taliban that provides for bloody conflict have claimed dreds of billions of dollars. Afghan government and the The activities are also to the gradual withdrawal of all the lives of more than 40,000 If the alliance pulls out, it militants in Qatar in mid- expand beyond Baghdad, he NATO forces from the coun- Afghan civilians, plus tens of risks jeopardising the gains September. added. try by the end of April. thousands of Afghan and for- made on education, health While the NATO defence The non-combat mission Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al Sisi (right) with Libya’s interim In return, the Taliban eign fighters, and cost hun- and women’s rights. ministers kicked the can was set up in 2018. prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah in Cairo on Thursday. (AFP) Chaos in HK over News virus tracing app Erdogan sues opposition leader in brief Israel returns two Syrian shepherds as DPA for criticising failed rescue mission HONG KONG part of reported prisoner swap TEL Aviv: Israel’s army on Thursday said it returned two Syrian SOCIAL distancing measures DPA ation in the mountainous Gara shepherds to the Syrian-controlled side of the Golan Heights, in Hong Kong were eased on ISTANBUL region, some 35 kilometres reportedly as part of a prisoner swap between the countries. Thursday, but government re- south of the Turkish border. “A short while ago, IDF [Israel Defence Forces] troops returned quirements to record personal TURKISH President Recep The PKK, designated as a two shepherds to Red Cross representatives through the Qu- information for tracing infec- Tayyip Erdogan has sued the terrorist organization by Tur- neitra Crossing, in accordance with an Israeli Government di- tion chains caused chaos in reo- country’s opposition leader key, the United States and the rective,” a statement from the army said. Israeli troops appre- pened businesses. for criticising a failed rescue European Union, rejected the hended the shepherds several weeks ago, after they crossed The government expanded mission of Turkish hostages in claim. the so-called “Alpha” armistice line from Syria into Israeli-ruled opening hours for restaurants northern Iraq. The complaint brought territory. They were caught east of the Israeli-constructed secu- and allowed several businesses Erdogan is demanding against Kilicdaroglu accused rity fence on the Golan Heights, said the statement. The news to open their doors again. It is 500,000 lira (about 71,000 him of wanting to damage the of the shepherds comes amid reports of Russian-mediated now however mandatory for dollars) from the leader of president’s “honour and repu- negotiations between Israel and Syria over the release of a businesses to record custom- main opposition Republican tation” by clearing the PKK young Israeli woman who entered Syria by mistake. (DPA) ers’ personal information either People’s Party (CHP), Kemal and holding Erdogan respon- manually or via the govern- Kilicdaroglu, because of re- sible for the failed rescue mis- ment’s LeaveHomeSafe app. marks made during a meeting sion, which was a “groundless India’s protesting farmers block trains in Local media reported tense on Tuesday, state-run news US President Joe Biden (left) with Turkish President Recep Tayyip and baseless assessment” and several states scenes across Hong Kong as agency Anadolu reported on Erdogan. (AFP) a “serious attack on personal customers were unable to use Thursday. rights.” According to official NEW DELHI: Thousands of Indian farmers were blocking trains or download the app. Kilicdaroglu framed Er- tary offensive against the were killed by Kurdish mili- estimates, the hostages had in several states on Thursday, holding sit-ins on tracks to dem- Many Hong Kongers were dogan as the person chiefly banned Kurdistan Workers’ tants during the mission. been held captive by the PKK onstrate against the government’s planned agricultural laws. either reluctant to give out their responsible for the failure. Party (PKK) in northern Iraq Ankara said the hostages, for five to six years, after most Trains in several states had to be cancelled or redirected due personal information or had “These people could have been last week, which was also in- who included police officers of them were kidnapped in to the protests, local broadcaster NDTV reported. Some farm- phones unable to download the rescued unharmed,” he said. tended to rescue 13 Turkish and soldiers, were executed Turkey and taken to northern ers had also climbed onto locomotives during the four-hour- software. Turkey conducted a mili- hostages, who Ankara said shortly before the rescue oper- Iraq. long agitation, while more security forces had been deployed in the affected areas, according to the report.
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