Original title: Japanese media: the Afghan authorities are quietly forming a regular army
Reference News Network reported on December 13 that in the face of many challenges such as maintaining their cohesion, coping with the collapsing economy and stabilizing the national situation, the Afghan authorities are quietly forming a regular army, according to the website of Japan's Nikkei Asia review on December 12.
It is reported that the Afghan leadership has instructed Defense Minister Mohamed Jacob and army chief of staff Kari fasihdin to establish a new army.
The report also quoted an Afghan leader as saying: "the country needs a small and strong regular army, not only to protect and defend the border, but also to deal with domestic security threats."
It is reported that Amir Khan mutaki, foreign minister of the Afghan interim government, said last month that Afghanistan does not need the Afghan Defense and security forces formed by "foreign occupiers" and that Afghanistan needs a small army composed of loyal patriots, so there will be no more Afghan Defense and security forces in the new army. (compiled / Jin Jinlong)