Kabul:
Afghan National Security and Defense Forces (ANDSF) have killed more than 6,000 Taliban terrorists in June, which was the deadliest month of conflict in the nation, claimed authorities in Kabul.
Most of the casualties have been reported in 12 provinces, mainly in northern and central Afghanistan, according to TOLO News. Almost 120 districts have been evacuated by the Afghan government following offensives by the Taliban.
Numbers gathered by TOLO News showed that Taliban attacks have killed 638 military personnel and civilians throughout this period and 1,060 other people have been wounded.
“The main reason for the collapse of the districts is poor leadership at the leadership level of the security and defence forces,” mentioned MP Khan Agha Rezayee.
Data showed that the quantity of targeted attacks and explosions decreased throughout this period but the level of casualties amongst the safety personnel and civilians continued to raise.
“The lines of the war changed, people were serving in the provinces as security commanders who weren’t familiar with the war because the government had sent the war commanders home,” MP Ibdallullah Mohammadi was quoted as saying by TOLO News.
“There was no preparation to confront such a big war, we weren’t prepared for guerrilla warfare,” mentioned MP Arif Rahmani.
Baghlan, Faryab, Badakhshan, Ghazni, Takhar, Balkh, Ghor, Herat, Farah, Kunduz, Badghis and Sar-e-Pul provinces reported the highest causalities last month.
In a current development, Afghan airstrikes killed 33 Taliban terrorists in northern Balkh province, army spokesman Mohammad Hanif Rezai informed on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Afghanistan’s Ministry of Defense mentioned the Afghan safety forces have elevated airstrikes on Taliban positions in Nangarhar, Herat, Balkh, Jawzjan, Helmand, Takhar, Badakhshan, Kunduz, Baghlan and Kapisa provinces in a move to recapture the districts lost to the Taliban.