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Afghanistan: 100k-strong Afghan army nears completion, says Taliban

KABUL, 04 December 2022, (TON): The interim Taliban government has said that the process to form Afghanistan’s new regular army consisting of nearly 100,000 troops is near completion.

Enayatullah Khwarazmi, a spokesperson for the country’s defenсe ministry, said the ranks of the new Afghan army had been filled by 80%, reported Sputnik News.

He added “a 20-men committee is doing the vetting.”

Qari Fasihuddin, the Taliban's chief of staff of the armed forces, told media in November that the group was planning to recruit 150,000 fighters to join their ranks.

The Afghan military and Western-backed government led by Ashraf Ghani collapsed on Aug 15 following the withdrawal of foreign troops were withdrawing after a 20-year presence.

In September, the Taliban appointed an interim government.

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