World will eventually recognize IEA: Muttaqi

The international community will eventually recognize the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said on Wednesday.

Muttaqi made the remarks while addressing a ceremony in western Herat province at a police graduation ceremony.

“The world will eventually recognize you and will engage with you if you remain orderly, supportive of people and united,” Muttaqi said.

The ceremony saw 511 police members graduate after a six-week training program. They will be deployed in Herat, Ghor, Badghis and Farah provinces.

Mohammad Ismail Hedayat, the commander of the police training center in the western zone of the country, said that 71 of those who graduated are civil order police.

“We have been advising the police to behave properly with people so that there won’t be gaps. We have to be cool headed and warmhearted. We should embrace all our countrymen so that they will be satisfied with us,” said Mohammad Masoom Maihan Yar, a trainer at the center.

More than 3,000 police have graduated from the training center in Herat since the IEA takeover.