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KABUL (SW): A number of experts on military affairs have blamed the poor security strategy and lack of coordination among the security organs for the brief fall of Kunduz.
Omar Ayar, an expert on military affairs, told Salam Watandar that the brief fall of Kunduz has sent a clear message to the international community that the Afghan forces are not able to prevent such incidents recurring. Ayar stated that though a large number of security forces were present in Kunduz, poor management of the troops led to the brief fall.
Mirza Muhammad Yarmand, another expert on military affairs, believed that Kunduz city fell to the insurgents because the security forces were more focused on the outskirts of the city.
Atiqullah Amarkhil, former chief of the Afghan Air Force (AAF) has noted in this regard that the rebels have caught the government forces by surprise in this case. He added that the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), instead of cleansing the suburbs of the provincial capital, got them engaged in cleansing the far away districts, which provided the militants an opportunity to strike back.
Commenting on this, Sidiq Sidiqi, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Interior (MoI), has stated that the cleansing operation would go on until the city is completely secured from the militants.
Earlier, Special Units of the Afghan National Army (ANA) managed to repulse the Taliban militants out of the Kunduz City hours after the rebels managed to overrun this key city a day earlier. The Taliban stormed Kunduz early on Monday and by afternoon their fighters were roaming around in the downtown with no security personnel in the sight. The Afghan forces apparently went on a strategic retreat as they hit back at the rebels within hours and announced reclaiming the city late on Monday.
According to the government, 25 Taliban fighters have been killed in the counter offensives and many more wounded.
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