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Manpower of the Afghan army could reach 240.000 soldiers in the next years.

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Currently, manpower of the Afghan army is around 140.000 soldiers, announced this September 03, 2010, the spokesperson of the Afghan ministry of Defence, the general Zahir Azimi during a press conference in Kabul. According to him, about June 2011, the Afghan army will count 171.600 soldiers to carry later on its manpower to 240.000 people. As for the police force, the number of police officers will be increased of 109.000 current to 240.000. In this way, the national security forces will count 400.000 personnel, specified the general. By evoking the situation in the province of Kunduz (northern of Afghanistan), the general declared that “we will not allow to transform the northern province of Kunduz into a centre of terrorist activity in Afghanistan”. According to the governor of Kunduz, the very calm province formerly, is transforming itself into a centre of activity of the Taliban’s and terrorists coming from Chechnya, of Uzbekistan and Pakistan, more than 40% of the territory of the province being controlled by the Taliban’s. The spokesperson of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan Josef Blotz, present at the press conference, indicated that there were 45.000 foreign soldiers making their service in the north of Afghanistan.Currently, manpower of the Afghan army is around 140.000 soldiers, announced this September 03, 2010, the spokesperson of the Afghan ministry of Defence, the general Zahir Azimi. The Afghan army will count 171.600 soldiers to carry later on its manpower to 240.000 soldiers.
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