The radical Taliban movement that has come to power in Afghanistan (banned in the Russian Federation) plans to create a regular army in the country.
"In the near future, we will build a strong and orderly army," Qari Fasihuddin, the chief of staff of the Taliban forces, said on Wednesday, as quoted by the Afghan media.
According to Fasihuddin, consultations are currently underway on the creation of an army.
Earlier this week, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken at a congressional hearing on the withdrawal of the US military from Afghanistan admitted that over the past 20 years it has not been possible to create an effective national armed forces in this country.
"The emergency evacuation was triggered by the collapse of the Afghan security forces and the government. During the year, we constantly assessed their forces and considered several scenarios. But even the most pessimistic did not predict that the government forces in Kabul would surrender the city, and - when there will still be American troops in the capital itself," Blinken said.
"There is no data indicating that being there for a longer time would make the Afghan security forces and the government more stable or autonomous. If 20 years and hundreds of billions of dollars of support, equipment and military training were not enough, would a year, or another five, or ten years, make any difference?", - Interfax quotes him.
