By Abdul Haleem
KABUL, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- Militancy and subversive activities have been constantly rising in Afghanistan since mid-April this year and the anti-government militants in their latest strikes conducted three deadly offensives in a single day on Monday in the fortified capital city of Kabul leaving Afghans in shock.
The three bloody attacks, two of them which took place near the defense ministry, according to officials, claimed 41 lives and injured more than 100 others, have prompted observers and those with knowledge of the matter to evaluate and determine the reasons for the deteriorating security situation in the conflict-ridden country.
Expressing concerns over increasing security incidents, Afghan analysts believed that security lapses have enabled the Taliban and associated hardliner groups to exploit the situation to further their own interests in destabilizing security and defaming the government.
"No doubt, the main reasons for increasing security incidents and terrorist attacks in Afghanistan are security faults and poor management of those at the helm of affairs," a military analyst and retired army brigadier, Mahmoud Haidari, told Xinhua.
Backing his notion, the analyst lambasted what he described as "internal differences over sharing of power" among the top leaders of the government, and asserted that persistent differences among top leaders of the National Unity Government have enabled the Taliban and other militant groups to avail the situation for their interests and speed up operations elsewhere in the country.
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