Afghan lawmakers attend a parliamentary session in Kabul. (file photo)<\/p>\n
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A number of Afghan lawmakers have reiterated their opposition to US plans to establish permanent military bases in Afghanistan.\n<\/p>\n
The lawmakers affiliated with different political factions said in a statement on Wednesday that the US was taking advantage of the worsening security situation across the country.\n<\/p>\n
They noted that US\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s long-term military presence would not help deescalate the ongoing tensions in Afghanistan.\n<\/p>\n
Several weeks ago, the US and Afghanistan signed a bilateral security agreement, which allows US forces to use nine military bases on Afghan soil. Under another security pact signed last year, Washington has to provide support for Afghan forces.\n<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Afghan National Unity Party leader Bismillah Shir has called on President Hamid Karzai to provide further clarifications on the US plan.\n<\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201cWe have already made it clear that we do not need American bases in our country. What we need at this point of time is an economic base. They are using the issue of terrorism as a pretext for creating military bases, but we are against such attempts in our soil,\u201d Shir said on Monday.\n<\/p>\n
The developments come as insecurity continues to rise across Afghanistan despite the presence of thousands of US-led forces in the war-torn country.\n<\/p>\n
Washington invaded Afghanistan in 2001 under the pretext of combating terrorism.\n<\/p>\n
The US-led war in Afghanistan, which has caused record-high civilian and military casualties, has become the longest military conflict in the American history.\n<\/p>\n
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