01 December 2016

News Story: Ghani Orders Soldiers To Take Offensive Stance

by Sayed Aref Musavi

President Ashraf Ghani called on Afghan security forces to take an offensive stance against militants in the country's north and to use all facilities available to eliminate insurgents.

"The enemy is trying to destabilize a stable region. Our clear will is that we will not let them do this," he said in an address to security forces in Balkh on Tuesday.

At the same event, acting Balkh governor Atta Mohammad Noor called for the strengthening of special units among security forces.

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