KABUL still needed renewed pledges for its defence.
In his address to a gathering marking the 97th Independence Day at the presidential palace, Ghani said Afghanistan had both a sweet and bitter history.
“We had not achieved internal independence 97 years ago, we had internal independence then, but we achieved foreign policy independence,” said Ghani, who vowed not to surrender the country’s foreign policy regime to anyone.
“We have an independent government, independent foreign policy and we have achievements in our foreign policy . . .
