Taliban, their backers responsible for ongoing bloodshed, says Ashraf Ghani

KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in Wednesday’s meeting of cabinet in presidential palace said that Taliban and their backers are the sole responsible people for the current bloodshed and destruction in Afghanistan.

International media reported that President Ghani denied any plan or intention for surrender to the Taliban and added that if Taliban plan to make Afghan government surrender, this will not happen even in hundred years. Ghani reiterated that the ongoing destruction of facilities and bloodshed of Afghan people is because of the Taliban’s violation.

On the other hand, National Security Advisor Hamdullah Muhib also said that territory expansion by Taliban does not mean that they are welcomed by the people of Afghanistan. Hamdullah Muhib added that people are fully prepared to defend their territories and the Taliban cannot make them surrender.

NSA has added that the ongoing conflict will be brought under control as seven black hawk choppers are due to be handed over to Afghan National Defence and Security forces as soon as next week.

As the aerial strikes, being part of the government security forces counterattacks for recapture of the lost territories have gotten under way, ministry of defence claims to have killed over two hundred Taliban fighters in past 24 hours. Taliban on the other hand proclaim to have seized six districts in different province over the mentioned time span.