Taliban aim to boost Afghan security forces, anti-aircraft capacity -army chief
Published on: Tuesday 11 April 2023
By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL (Reuters) - Defence has received the largest share of funds in Afghanistan's budget as the Taliban government aims to boost forces by a third and build anti-aircraft missile capacity, the army chief told Reuters in a rare interview to foreign media. The defence ambitions of the Taliban, which took over in 2021, come in the face of strong international criticism of