by Karim Amini
Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Tuesday said Afghan security forces have plans to gear up their anti-terror campaign in winter against militants' traditional strongholds in certain regions across the nation aimed at clearing areas under Taliban' control.
"We are working on the ongoing Shafaq Operation to clear all areas under the control of insurgents during [upcoming] winter," the Defense Ministry spokesman Dawlat Waziri said.
It is said that Taliban's recent military shifts and government's failure of tackling the group drawn strong criticism from the Afghan political elites and the public with many blasting the Afghan security institutions for what they call poor leadership and a weak management of the ongoing turmoil that has rattled the peaceful life of Afghans in multiple fronts.
"Taliban militants takeover districts, but government still has no plan to retake the areas from them," said head of parliament's defense committee Hashim Alokozai.
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