A number of security experts on Tuesday said that the Afghan government's rule of law and security strategies have not been solid enough and as a result insurgents have managed to gain territory across some regions in the country.

This comes just weeks ahead of the upcoming Brussels Summit on Afghanistan where the issue will be highlighted.

However, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) hit back against claims of poor war leadership and said that security forces had inflicted major damage against insurgents.

Security experts meanwhile cast doubt over the claim by government officials, saying the present government has nothing in its account of the security sector to convince its international partners of achievements.

As such there is a perception that the National Unity Government (NUG) under president Ashraf Ghani and his Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah has performed badly in the security sphere.

There has been a dramatic surge in violence and Taliban insurgency under the present administration and numerous reports have indicated that government forces retreated or lost several regions of the country to the Taliban in recent months.

Wardoj and Yamgan districts of Badakhshan, Dahna-e-Ghori of Baghlan, Kohistanat of Sar-e-Pul, Musa Qala and Nawmesh of Helmand are among the areas which have collapsed to the insurgents under the present government.

"It indicates poor leadership, if there was appropriate leadership, we would not have problems," said former deputy minister of interior Mirza Mohammad Yarmand.

But, defense ministry officials hit back at these claims.

"We eliminated their (insurgents) command and control centers in Helmand and destroyed their prisons including their bomb making factories. Likewise we foiled their attempts to make new commands and control centers in Kunduz," said Mohammad Radmanish, deputy spokesman for the MoD.

Alongside other issues of common interest, the Brussels Summit will look at government's security policy, among other issues.

"The key element for rule of law is further consolidation of the legal and judicial institutions on which work has not been done and lawbreakers were not handed over (to be prosecuted)," said Ainuddin Bahaduri, head of Afghanistan's Lawyer Association.

Kabul hopes to secure continued financial cooperation from the international community in the coming years.

But the international community also expects government to meet its commitments to the world.