Military analysts and former security officials strongly criticized the government’s current management of the war against the Taliban, saying the reason behind the collapse of districts to the Taliban is that the government’s military leaders have failed to lead the war in a successful way.

Wais Ahmad Barmak, the former Afghan Minister of Interior, said that the politicization of the war by political leaders and the rapid appointments of new military leaders has had a negative impact on the morale of the security forces.

The Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday reported 1,647 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 3,875 samples tested in the last 24 hours.

The ministry also reported 78 deaths and 232 recoveries from COVID-19 in the same period --the second highest reported death toll from COVID-19 in a single day in Afghanistan.