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Critics See 'No Change' on Battlefields Despite Recent Reshuffles
[ToloNews] Two politicians and military experts on Friday raised their deep apprehensions over the Taliban ...Arabic for students... ’s continued advances in various regions of the country, saying there has been no change on the ground despite the recent reshuffles in the country’s security entities. A month ago, President Ashraf Ghani ...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money... announced the appointment of Gen. Bismillah Mohammadi as acting minister of defense, Gen. Abdul Sattar Mirzakwal as acting minister of interior and Gen. Mohammad Wali Ahmadzai as Chief of Army Staff. MPs argued that 70 districts, 6 customs and border towns were fallen to the Taliban since the appointment of new security chiefs over the last month. "It would be quite difficult for them (new security officials) to bring a sudden change. These discussions should have started at least one year or one and half years ago," said Rahmatullah Nabil, the former head of the NDS. "There has been no positive change on the ground with the arrival of these officials due to the large intensity of the war," said MP Mir Haidar Afzali. Military experts said there is a need for unity and better coordination within the nation’s security agencies and in the leadership level to fix the fragile security situation. But officials from the Ministry of Interior Affairs and the Ministry of Defense said security forces managed to retake 20 districts from the Taliban since the appointment of the acting defense and interior minister and that there were better mobilization of forces in the fight against the holy warriors. "They suddenly started fighting in 400 points across the country. In some cases, there were negligence or issues weren’t addressed and then there were some tactical retreats," said Abdul Sattar Mirzakwal, acting minister of interior. "We tried to remobilize and support. We have identified the priorities, we will use all available resources to defend the people, the cities and the districts where we are deployed now," said Mohammadi. Posted by: trailing wife 2021-07-24 |
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