Supporting Afghanistan is our collective responsibility – Majilis deputy Maulen Ashimbaev

ASTANA. March 4. KAZINFORM “All Central Asian countries should render support to Afghanistan, it is our collective responsibility”, said the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security of the Parliament’s Majilis Maulen Ashimbayev during the TV programme of KTK (Commercial TeleChannel) referred to as Public Servants.

"The problem of the withdrawal of the international coalition in Afghanistan in 2014, and the fate of this country today concerns many countries of the world. We have recently participated in the economic Assembly of the OSCE in the winter session.

One of the topics that have been raised there was the future of Afghanistan. Without stability in that country we can not say about stability, especially in the neighboring countries, and stability in Central Asia ", said M.Ashimbaev.

The deputy noted that Kazakhstan was giving full support to Afghanistan. In particular, Kazakhstan has committed itself to train 1,000 Afghan students in its higher education institutions, to deliver humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, and to build social facilities in the country.