Taliban in Panjshir province. Archive photoMOSCOW, May 16.The Taliban, which came to power in Afghanistan, said that their army strength is 130,000, the Afghan agency TOLO News reports. As part of the military renewal program, special attention was paid to the search for experienced officers. «More than 130,000 people are registered, and this process is ongoing. Upon completion of registration, Afghans will see an independent, well-formed and dedicated army that will provide security and protect Afghan land and borders,» — Enayatullah Khavarizmi, spokesman for the Ministry of Defense in the interim government, said. It is noted that the uniform for the troops has not yet been created. Khavarizmi stressed that all women who previously worked in the department continue to receive salaries at the moment, and some still work in their positions. This applies, for example, to employees of the medical unit and other departments. He said that the leadership of the Taliban government would soon «make a final decision» regarding the work of women in the ministry. According to the agency, the national defense and security forces under the previous government numbered 350,000 people. to Kabul and the next day they announced that the war was over. The last two weeks of August, from the Kabul airport, which was under the protection of the US military, there was a mass evacuation of Western citizens and Afghans who collaborated with them. On the night of August 31, the US military left the Kabul airport, ending nearly 20 years of US military presence in Afghanistan. In early September, the composition of the interim government of Afghanistan was announced, which was headed by Mohammad Hasan Akhund, who held the chair of the Foreign Minister during the first rule of the Taliban* and has been under UN sanctions since 2001. *The movement is under UN sanctions for terrorist activities
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