MoD Admits Weakness in Security Institutions

Afghanistan Ministry of Defense (MoD) has accepted weakness in leaderships of Afghan security forces and started reviewing all leaderships and commanders in all levels.

MoD stresses on replacing unqualified individuals with the refresh troops.          

“The process of reviewing has been started that will be in all levels,” said Muhammad Radmanish, spokesman of MoD.

“Kunduz people should not concern anymore, we accept all problems and weaknesses but we are here to solve them all,” said the first vice president- Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum.

Meanwhile, analysts have warned that the continuation of the current leadership will increase security challenges.

“If there is a little coordination, that is still weak. There is no fast movement among security forces,” said Mirdad Nijrabi, head of parliament’s internal security commission.

The situation in southern Afghanistan has deteriorated since the US military began withdrawing its forces beginning in 2012.

Afghan forces have been unable to prevent the return of the Taliban in many areas. Al Qaeda was so emboldened by the withdrawal that it established two training camps in Kandahar’s Shorabak district.

One of the two camps was nearly 30 square miles in size. The US military destroyed the camps during a four-day assault.