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Taliban-ruled Islamic Emirate’s government want the fugitive military officials and civilian leaders to return to Afghanistan; literally, not an appeal but an advise.
The commander of Al-Fath Corps in the north, Ataullah Omari, during a ceremony held in Samangan province urged all former military and civil leaders to return to Afghanistan. “I call on those to come and stay in your own country, stay beside your relatives and Muslim brothers. It is better to be a beggar in your own country than to be a king in a strange country,” said Omari.
Instead of advise, Omari could have given assurance of their safety that could have been more appealing. A large number of military officials and civilian leaders have fled Afghanistan before the Taliban captured Kabul on August 15 last year.
The dearth of experienced personnel has virtually collapsed the system in Afghanistan under the new regime. The military being the worst affected as the Ministry of Defense (MoD) intends to form a 100,000-member force.
Three hundred personnel were trained in various areas including the use of military tanks, weapons and other defensive skills.
“About one thousand forces are registered and 300 forces graduated today,” said Mawlawi Jalaluddin Hanafi, the commander of the military brigade in Samangan.
Afghanistan had over 350,000 defense and security personnel before the takeover of the Islamic Emirate.
