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| Order To Eliminate Insurgents Not Being Applied |
| 2016-05-09 |
| A number of military experts believe President Ashraf Ghani's order to suppress militants is not being properly implemented. They said that the president is "messing with people's minds" by giving the order but not implementing it on the battlefields. "Unfortunately, what the president has announced is not put into practice. Currently security forces in Deh Rawud district are under siege and the president is playing with the public's minds," said Jawed Kohestani, a military expert. It has been 13 days since the president has ordered the security forces to suppress militants, but any tangible change on the battlefields is not being seen. Security forces in Helmand, Uruzgan and Zabul provinces are on the defensive, while in Baghlan province more forces are needed to eliminate militants. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) meanwhile assured the public of an increase in operations against insurgents. "The fighting is very serious, a strong resolve has taken shape and we have a 15 percent rise in operations and we will launch a large-scale operation in 30 districts in the next six months," said Sediq Sediqqi, spokesman for the MoI. A number of experts however are optimistic about the implementation of the order. "I think that the president has defined a new prospective about the war and we will soon see the results on the battleground," said Mirza Mohammad Yarmand, former deputy minister of interior. A number of security officials believe that war is the only solution for Afghanistan's dilemma. "War is the only solution. They (militants) don't even care about their mothers and fathers," said Abdul Rahman Sarjang. The experts believe that the president's order has heralded new hopes that militants will be eliminated. They stressed that if the order is not implemented, public trust in the president will dwindle. |
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