Islamabad: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani flew to Mazar-e-Sharif on Wednesday morning to gather his troops and conducted brainstorming with warlords, other private militia commanders, security officials and politicians on how to stop the relentless increase in Taliban who had seen nine provincial capitals.
Fall into a guerrilla in less than a week.
Security meetings that are often held at the Presidential Palace in the last two days, after it was agreed that the Joint Command Center would be formed for “the power of public rebellion” to manage, equip, and strengthen them in the war against the Taliban.
This idea first floated by Abdullah Abdullah last week.
In Mazar-e-Sharif, Ghani, a maid and senior security official met the former Governor of Balkh Atta Mohammad Noor and Warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum to discuss the city’s defense.
The loss of Mazar will represent the collapse of the control of the government over the North, the fortress of the anti-Taliban militia.
After arriving at Mazar, the Dostum issued a warning to the approaching Taliban, AFP reported.
“The Taliban has never learned from the past,” he told reporters, vowed to kill the rebels.
“Taliban have come north several times but they are always stuck.
It’s not easy for them to come out.” Taliban has so far captured the provincial capital of Faizabad, Farah, Pul-e-Khumri, Sar-e-Pul, Seberghan, Aybak, Kunduz, Taluqan and Zaranj.
All Ghani leaders have met in the last three days using significant influences for decades in the part of the war.
Among leading leaders who attended meetings in Kabul was Abdullah Abdullah, Chairman of the Afghan High Council for National Reconciliation; Abdul Rab Apostle Sayyaf, Mohammad Yunus Qanooni, War Commander Abdul Rashid Dostum, former Vice President Mohammad Karim Khalili, second vice president Mohammad Sarwar Danesh, Advisory of the President and Chief of the United Islamic Unity Afghanistan Mohammad Mohaqiq, and senior member of Hizb-e-Wahdat , Sadiq Mudabir.
“The country’s political leaders unanimously approved mobilization, strengthening and quickly equipping the power of public rebellion within the government framework to fight the Taliban,” said President Mahmoud’s Lifitan spokesman was quoted by Afghan media.
During the meeting, leaders emphasized the Herat model would be followed in other parts of the country.
At Herat, a guerrilla has entered the city but was expelled by militia with the support of Afghan troops under the 75-year-old command of Ismail Khan.
The source said that the decision was also taken to appoint the main political leaders to the command center.
Political leaders, sources that tell, will focus on mobilizing people in various fields to combat militants.
“The politicians involved in this problem will determine how much power they can get up and where their area will be against the Taliban,” said the Afghan government sources, added that political leaders had suggested Ghani that he entrusted most of the responsibilities Military against Dostum.
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The meeting, said an Afghan official, discussed the coordination between defense and security forces, mobilizing the power of public rebellion and the launch of cleaning operations in the cities that had fallen to the Taliban since Friday.
(With agency input)
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Meet Atta Mohammad Noor, Abdul Rashid Dostum in Mazar
