[Tolo News] Military experts on Monday blamed the government for not being able to detect such a large-scale and well-orchestrated plot ahead of time -- a plot that led to the collapse of Kunduz city to the Taliban on Monday.Kunduz is a strategic city that connects the country to Takhar and Badakhshan provinces in the northern parts of Afghanistan.
Military experts also said the recent failure by government to send in reinforcement troops to Kunduz to support the security forces already deployed in the highly volatile area was nothing short of negligence.
The Taliban however sees the fall of Kunduz as a strategic gain for them especially as their so-called fighting season ends within a few weeks as winter approaches.
Security forces have however launched numerous operations in Kunduz in recent weeks to push back the Taliban from the area. Sources say that operations did not yield positive results and that eventually military campaigns were stopped -- without any reasons being given.
"Kunduz was conquered from the inside. It was stated several times that opponents have infiltrated the government," military commentator Atiqullah Amarkhail said.
As conflict in Afghanistan gathers momentum, experts blame the leaders of the National Unity Government for being a key element in the ongoing uncertainty amid their disputes over power distribution.
Monday's attack comes on the eve of the National Unity Government's one year anniversary in power.
"National Unity Government is responsible for this," Amarkhail said, referring to the recent spate of security threats that targeted several regions of the country.
"They [NUG leaders] engaged in a dispute for power for a year, they have done nothing to improve the security in Afghanistan," he said.
Experts also say that the fall of Kunduz could risk the security of neighboring provinces -- especially Takhar and Badakhshan.
"The reluctance of government to fight the opponents in one hand, the strong presence of Taliban on the other, and also the lack of coordination among the security forces and lack of support to security forces has led to the collapse of Kunduz," political analyst Abdul Shokor Salangi said.
Kunduz used to be one of the Taliban's strongholds in the north and northeastern regions during the murderous Moslem group's rule in Afghanistan.