Azerbaijan, Baku, Sept. 4 / Trend T. Jafarov /
The army is engaged in ensuring security of foreign investments in Afghanistan. Currently, national forces carry out this process by 80 percent, Minister of Mines and Petroleum of the Republic of Afghanistan Wahidullah Shahrani said in an interview with Trend today.
"Ensuring the security will fully pass from international to national forces by late 2014," the minister said. "We thank all NATO member states. They have been rendering technical and financial assistance to the Afghan National Army to improve combat capability for a long time."
As for the issue of guarantees for protecting the foreign investments, Shahrani stressed that up to now, different countries have made huge investments in Afghanistan.
"For example, China and India are among these countries," he added. "The amount of Indian investments in Afghanistan hits about $ 11 billion. Moreover, the companies from Canada, Great Britain, UAE and Turkey operate in the country. The Afghan government has committed to protect and ensure the safety of these investments. So far, there was no case that would disturb our partners."