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HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Representatives from 17 countries and inteational organizations attended the sixth round of talks --- this time aimed at enhancing cooperation among regional security forces --- in weste Herat province on Friday.On the sidelines of the meeting in Herat City, Daud Muradyan, head of the Afghanistan Strategic Studies office, told reporters that representatives from the US, the UK, France, Holland, Egypt, Turkey, India, Pakistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and inteational organizations were taking part in the huddle. He said the meeting was aimed at enhancing Afghan security forces’ cooperation with security forces of regional countries. He said no meeting on strengthening security cooperation between security forces of regional countries had taken place in recent years. Muradyan also criticized the Afghan govement’s peace policy for giving much chance to Pakistan in, saying the fact was that Afghanistan currently held the keys to peace. Acting Afghan Interior Minister Wais Ahmad Barmak said today’s meeting was important because regional countries had realized that peace in Afghanistan was in their interest. He said though the security situation in Herat province had improved, yet officials committing negligence or corruption would be dismissed. The minister said it was a matter of conce that the Taliban were able to wrest back some areas they were driven from as a result of security operations. Former spymaster Rahmatullah Nabil at the meeting s,سياسيونو,افغانستان ...ادامه مطلب