Afghan army’s capacity, strength improved: Ghani

KABUL (Pajhwok): President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday said the capacities of Afghan National Army (ANA) drastically developed during the past five years.

The president expressed these views while chairing a meeting of the Ministry of Defense leadership, a statement from the Presidential Palace said on Thursday.

Acting Defense Minister Asadullah Khalid, who led the MoD delegation, praised the attention and trust of the president in the army and added the special presidential attention played a key role in the capacity-building and owning responsibility of the armed forces.

He said the president’s defense perspective was a strategic guideline for the army and would remain so. In light of the president vision, the army achieved its goals and had gains.

The president expressed his trust and confidence in leadership of the Defense Ministry, army officers and personnel and said: “Each one of you will have my support and the backing of the people of Afghanistan and the international community.”

“My dream from the past has been that Afghanistan have a strong and effective army which possess a legal authority of the use of force and fortunately today this dream became true,” he said.

The president facilitated ANA officers promotions which had been approved and said these promotions were supposed to be conferred on officers on the last Independence Day but the ceremony did not happen due to engagement of the officers in operations,.

Ghani said a country’s leadership could take major decisions when its leaders fully trusted the abilities and strength of their security forces.

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