Afghan security officials have warned that the armed forces are struggling to cope with the continuing Taleban insurgency.
Turyalai Abdiani, police chief in the restive Urozgan province, told an IWPR-organised debate last month that the national security forces were feeling the absence of the NATO forces that withdrew from Afghanistan last year, and combat casualties had risen.
The police and army rely heavily on intelligence provided by civilians, and Abdiani said it was vital for people to do everything they could to help.
Leadership was partly to blame
Brigadier-General Mohammad Rasul Kandahari, commander of the 4th Infantry Brigade, deployed in Urozgan, agreed that public cooperation was essential to winning the battle.
He said that although the Taleban suffered higher casualties than the armed forces, their guerrilla tactics were constantly evolving.
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https://iwpr.net/global-voices/afghan-officers-sound-alarm-military
