Kuala Lumpur, April 21: Showing willingness in helping strife-ridden Afghanistan, Malaysia has agreed for the first time to send a medical team from the armed forces to the country soon.
Malaysia Defence Minister Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the move showed the country’s commitment to assist in efforts to achieve peace in the strife-ridden country.
“There’s a strong possibility that Malaysia will send the medical team before and after the withdrawal of the United States (US) forces in Afghanistan,” he told reporters after a meeting with the US Under Secretary of Defence for Policy, Michele Flournoy at the Defence Services Asia Exhibition and Conference, here on Monday.
He said Malaysia also offered to Afghanistan to train their trainers there.
However, Ahmad Zahid said the matter would be discussed in more detail as soon as Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak returned from Japan.
–PTI