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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Afghanistan against US plans to transfer military gear to Ukraine - Kabul official<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Published time: December 27, 2014 14:19 <br>Edited time: December 27, 2014 21:28 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://rt.com/news/218067-us-afghanistan-ukraine-weapons/"><span style='color:blue'>Get short URL</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><img border=0 width=690 height=388 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D028BD.68570DD0" alt="Description: Reuters / Shamil Zhumatov "></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Reuters / Shamil Zhumatov <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>3.1K75126<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Tags<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://rt.com/tags/afghanistan/"><span style='color:blue'>Afghanistan</span></a>, <a href="http://rt.com/tags/army/"><span style='color:blue'>Army</span></a>, <a href="http://rt.com/tags/military/"><span style='color:blue'>Military</span></a>, <a href="http://rt.com/tags/politics/"><span style='color:blue'>Politics</span></a>, <a href="http://rt.com/tags/security/"><span style='color:blue'>Security</span></a>, <a href="http://rt.com/tags/usa/"><span style='color:blue'>USA</span></a>, <a href="http://rt.com/tags/ukraine/"><span style='color:blue'>Ukraine</span></a>, <a href="http://rt.com/tags/war/"><span style='color:blue'>War</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Kabul is against Washington's alleged decision to transfer weapons and machinery left from its military mission in Afghanistan to Ukraine, an Afghan presidential administration official told TASS. The issue will be discussed with Obama, he added.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>American specialists in Afghanistan are currently preparing US army MRAP (Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected) vehicles to be transferred to Ukraine, according to the information obtained by the Afghan presidential administration. The US combat mission command refuses to discuss the issue with Kabul, saying the White House is in charge, a representative of Ashraf Ghani’s administration told the agency. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Ghani will raise the question during his visit to Washington in January. He plans to urge Obama not to move the equipment to Ukraine, the agency's source said. "<i>The issue is directly connected with sustaining the country's strategic partnership with the US</i>," the official added. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://rt.com/usa/212775-obama-nobel-prize-anniversary/" target="_blank"><span style='color:blue'>READ MORE: 5 not-so-peaceful Obama actions since nabbing Nobel Prize</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Washington has previously ensured Kabul that the US military equipment and weapons, used by its combat mission in Afghanistan, will stay in the country to be employed by the Afghan army and law enforcement, according to the official. He added the country planned to use it in strengthening its fighting capabilities against Taliban forces in the country's south. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><img border=0 width=690 height=388 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D028BD.68570DD0" alt="Description: AFP Photo / Wakil Kohsar"></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>AFP Photo / Wakil Kohsar<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>America’s longest-ever overseas war, which began soon after 9/11, is set to officially wind down at the end of this month. More than 2,000 US soldiers were killed during the 13-year mission. Although the war - which has <a href="http://rt.com/usa/214607-afghanistan-war-cost-trillion/" target="_blank"><span style='color:blue'>cost the US</span></a> around $1 trillion so far, according to the Financial Times and independent reports, will officially terminate, some 10,000 US troops will remain in Afghanistan through 2016, as part of a "Resolute Support Mission" assist program. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://rt.com/news/216167-casualties-afghanistan-un-record/" target="_blank"><span style='color:blue'>READ MORE: Afghan civilian casualties, injuries to reach 10,000 in 2014 – UN</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>US officials and NATO have supported Ukraine over the conflict with anti-government forces in the country's east. In November, US Air Force General Philip Breedlove, commander of US European Command and NATO Allied Command Operations, <a href="http://rt.com/news/209119-us-nato-ukraine-breedlove/" target="_blank"><span style='color:blue'>said</span></a> there is a plan to address the requirements of Ukraine's military, with parts of it being executed. Speaking about the possibility of sending lethal equipment to Ukraine, the general said nothing was off the table. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>