Biden: The status of the "ally" of this country will be revoked

According to a report from the United States CNN (CNN) on the 6th, US President Biden stated in a letter written to Congress that Afghanistan was officially revoked as a "non -NATO major allies" in the United States.

Biden wrote in a letter from the House of Representatives Son of the House of Representatives: "According to Article 517 of the" Foreign Aid Law "in 1961, I submitted a notice to deprive Afghanistan as a major NATO status in the United States". " Essence

It is reported that the United States had previously defined Afghanistan as "non -NATO's main ally" in 2012, which cleared the road for the two countries to maintain military and economic relations.

Source: Visual China

According to CNN, there is a common defense treaty between the United States and NATO allies, while there is no mutual defense guarantee between the United States and non -NATO allies. The so -called "non -NATO major allies" are eligible to obtain materials and loans provided by the United States, and allow the United States to set up a war reserve warehouse in its territory. In addition, private companies from designated countries can also bid to participate in the maintenance and repair of these American overseas military equipment contracts. As an ally in the United States, the government of Afghanistan was eligible to receive military training and assistance from the United States. Among them, even after the NATO troops left, they could speed up the sales or leasing of military equipment.

美国务院称，在取消阿富汗的“非北约主要盟友”地位之后，美国还有18个“非北约主要盟友”，即阿根廷、澳大利亚、巴林、巴西、哥伦比亚、埃及、以色列、日本、约旦、科威特、 Morocco, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, South Korea, Thailand and Tunisia. Earlier this year, the United States increased Colombia and Qatar to the list of "Non -NATO".

In August last year, Bynden ordered the United States to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, ending the Afghan war that lasted nearly 20 years. At the same time, the country quickly returned to the state of Afghanistan Taliban.

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