...the Pashtun equivalent of men...involvement.
The three security chiefs — the acting head of the National Directorate of Security
...the Afghan national intel agency...
, Ahmad Zia Saraj, the acting minister of interior affairs, Massoud Andarabi, and the army chief of staff, Gen. Bismillah Waziri-- received criticism by MPs for their apparent inability to ensure the safety of the people and prevent deadly attacks, such as the ones at the Kabul hospital and the Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
funeral that claimed dozens of civilian lives.
"Pakistain is under pressure for harboring Taliban leadership. The Taliban is trying to capture two to three provinces so they can transfer their leadership here in order to ease pressure on Pakistain," the acting head of the National Directorate of Security, Ahmad Zia Saraj, said.
"This place blows"
A week 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...
, in response to recent attacks in different parts of the country that killed dozens of civilians and security force members, ordered the Afghan forces to switch from "active defensive" mode to "offensive" mode, and to resume attacks on the Taliban.
Also on Monday night, Ghani in a meeting with members of the special forces of the Afghan National Police (ANP) said his administration cannot remain "indifferent" to those killing children.
Ghani was apparently referring to last week’s attack on a maternity hospital in Kabul where button men massacred at least 24 people, including women and newborn babies.
Earlier in the day, the UN mission in Afghanistan called on the warring factions to stop violence and protect civilians under international law.