ANA Commander Suggests Reforms In Basic Military Training

An Afghan National Army (ANA) commander Hamed Saifi, who has led the war against insurgents for almost a decade across Afghanistan, has suggested that fundamental changes need to be brought in the way Afghan security forces are trained. 

Speaking to TOLOnews, Saifi, who is deployed to Kunduz’s Dasht-e-Archi district, said he has spent almost ten years on the battlefield.

“When the national army was established, our love for the country and love for the defense of the country and love for Islam encouraged us to join the national army,” said Saifi.

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NUG’s Constitutional Amendment Agenda Under Fire

In line with the political agreement signed between President Ashraf Ghani and his Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah, Ghani should already have issued an order for the establishment of a constitutional amendment commission, in consultation with the CEO, but this has not happened.

On Tuesday, legal experts reacted in anger over government’s reluctance to finalize the establishment of such a commission. They accused the NUG leaders of undermining the formation of the commission.

The NUG is now just two weeks away from its two-year in power anniversary.

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