US Lifts Arms Sales Embargo Against Afghanistan

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US Lifts Arms Sales Embargo Against Afghanistan

The United States on Tuesday lifted an arms sales embargo imposed on Afghanistan six years ago when the country was under the control of the Taliban regime.

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The United States on Tuesday lifted an arms sales embargo imposed on Afghanistan six years ago when the country was under the control of the Taliban regime.

"The Department of State has ended its policy of denial with respect to commercial defense trade with the government of Afghanistan," State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said in astatement.

"All requests for licenses or other approvals for these entities in Afghanistan involving items covered by the U.S. Munitions List will no longer be presumed to be disapproved," Boucher said.

He said requests arms sales to the Afghan government will now be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

According to a notice published earlier on the Federal Register,the U.S. decision to remove the embargo against Afghanistan was "taken in the interests of foreign policy and national security."

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