By IRNA,
Berlin : A newly created international peace group, calling itself the ‘International Coordinating Committee’ (ICC), here Thursday urged an end to NATO’s war in Afghanistan.
“An end to the war requires that NATO troops be withdrawn from Afghanistan. Globally we need, and therefore are working for the dissolution and dismantling of NATO in order to contribute to international security,” the peace organization said in a press statement ahead of the international Afghanistan conference, slated to be held in London on January 28.
“NATO only brings more war. It has never been (and will never be) an organization for protection and security. After almost 9 years of NATO’s presence in Afghanistan,
the current situation reflects what NATO truly is: a military alliance designed to impose
the will of Western elites,” it added.
The group which was founded in Berlin last year, warned that the upcoming London meeting on Afghanistan was merely aimed at “garnering support for the NATO-oriented ‘new strategy’ to the war.”
“The debate on the war in Afghanistan and Pakistan has reached a critical point. Public opinion in countries all around the world have become aware of and opposed to the escalation of the war, which has is being sold as a ‘new strategy’ by the governments of the most influential NATO members,” the global peace organization said.
It called for a political settlement of the crisis in Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan.
“Political and civilian responses to the crisis in Afghanistan and Pakistan are needed.
They must respect the Afghan people’s decisions and require a regional solution involving all neighbouring countries. These responses should include a non-military program led by the United Nations to replace the military ISAF-mandate in Afghanistan,” the group was quoted saying.
“Afghanistan now needs a real process of reconstruction, materially, politically and
socially, and this cannot be achieved with bullets, bombs and drones. We know that
conflicts are never solved by wars,” the ICC went on to say.