by Gulabudin Ghubar
As Afghans continue to grapple with mounting security threats, members of the Wolesi Jirga (Lower House of Parliament) on Monday raised questions over government's war management strategy on the battlefields.
The lawmakers said the security leadership has not enough potential to lead the forces in their campaign against militants.
They vowed to take harsh stance against the leadership of security agencies over their failure to curb scale of violence.
"The Afghan army is coping with problems including our police. Today only 67 percent of the army is operational which means another 43 percent is not on duty," said Arif Rahmani, an MP.
"Only five camps are now operational in Uruzgan where they fight the Taliban and there is no police," another MP, Obaidullah Barekzai, said.
"Routes connected to three districts in Paktika have been closed for the past nine years; the is no way to Afghanistan nor to Pakistan. Taliban in association with Pakistani militia launched a massive offensive on Warmi district three days ago," said Mahmoud Sulaimankhail, an MP from Paktika.
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