KABUL, 1 December 2020, (TON): As US forces has started their withdrawal in phases, Kabul has planned induction of new soldiers and officers in Afghan National Army. Smartly turned out Afghan youth who completed three month mandatory military training course joined Afghan National Army (ANA). Afghan military had already undertaken comprehensive plan to fill the gap and presently it is Afghan National Army which is single handedly controlling security situation in Afghanistan, the Defence Ministry said in a statement on Monday.

These soldiers are capable enough to defend Afghan territory, cater security of its citizens and their properties.

In the recent development, Pakistan has plans to offer full support to Afghanistan youth to recruits and cadets for their military training into Afghan National Army. The military courses of the Pakistan Army focuses on threat perception and realistic mission oriented training at formation level while keeping the monitoring of the training at the highest level. So far 19,000 trainees have been graduated from 55 countries. The training at elementary, med level and advance would commence from next year. There is likely collaboration between Pakistan Army and National Military Academy of Afghanistan, Command and General Staff College and Afghan Military Training Center which will come up during forthcoming military to military talks.