A number of security force members from Helmand province claim the Taliban has access to a national database of security force members which is putting troops at great risk.However, these claims have been rejected by the Interior Ministry.
According to the soldiers, a number of security force members have been identified by the Taliban as being troops after having their finger prints scanned by insurgents.
The troops said they wear civilian clothes under their uniforms and sometimes fight on the battlefield in civilian clothes.
"Most of them have private clothes under their uniform. When war intensifies, they take off their uniforms and then escape," an army commander told TOLOnews.
"They [Taliban] captured four of our colleagues. They scanned their fingers through a computer and found that they were security force members. Taliban has access to biometric [technology]," an army soldier said.
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"This issue is not real. It is completely baseless," said Najib Danish, the deputy MoI spokesman.
"The issue of biometrics in Afghanistan has its own privacy that allows no one to access to it," he added.
Such an issue was raised after the Kunduz battle where it was said that militants had access to modern weapons and technology including biometric systems.