Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah on Monday called on the Afghan people to support the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) in order to help secure the country.

In reaction to reports about a surge in fatalities among Afghan security forces, the CEO said government has an obligation to do whatever it can to meet the needs of the Afghan security forces.

Meanwhile, officials from the Ministry of Interior (MoI) have said there are two reasons for the unprecedented surge in fatalities among the Afghan security forces.

The MoI claims one is the escalation of war and violence and the other is the long hours troops are fighting in the trenches.

In this episode of Farakhabar, host Massoud Malik discusses the topic with the following guests:

• Mohammad Radmanish, spokesman for the defense ministry

• Jawed Kohistani, a military affairs analyst