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Afghanistan
Afghanistan to double Special Forces, triple Air Forces size: Ghani
2017-12-02
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Afghan government plans to increase the size of the Afghan Special Forces by two times while the size of the Afghan Air Force will be tripled in coming years.

President Mohammad 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. ..
informed regarding the government’s plan as he was speaking the Heart of Asia Conference, briefing the summit participants regarding the achievements of the Afghan forces in the fight against terrorism.

"I am doubling the size of my Special Security Forces and tripling the size of the Air Force to defeat the bandidos holy warriors and further secure the population," he said.

President Ghani further added that "Today, Afghan Commandos conduct four out of every operations independently from US and NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all....
support."

"We Afghans own the fight and have turned the corner. Our special forces ‐ the Kitah Khas and Commandos ‐ have never lost a battle ‐ they are becoming one of the best special forces in the region," he added.

In regards to the ongoing fight against ISIS loyalists, President Ghani said "ISIS failed in building a base for their so-called caliphate in Afghanistan. ISIS is on the run ‐ in Southern 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..
, Achin, Kunar, and Tora Bora ‐ ISIS is being killed and cleared from Afghanistan."

Posted by:Fred

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