KANDAHAR, Jan 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – More than 500 newly graduated officers and soldiers, joined the Afghan national army in the southern region, an army source said, on Saturday.
“A total of 551 military officers and soldiers, received their certificates, during a graduation ceremony held at Afghan National Army (ANA), 205 Attal Corps, on Saturday morning,” Rasoul Zazai, from army’s 205, said.
The graduates, who would be deployed to the southern provinces, received four-month training at the Corps’ training centre in Kandahar, he said.
The graduation will boost capacity of the Afghan army, enable the security forces to contain subversive activities and provide security across the country.
Afghan National Defence and Security Forces remain in control of most of the country’s population centres and all of 34 provincial capitals, while Taliban insurgents control large portions of rural areas.– NNN-AGENCIES
