Amid questions over the formation of public uprising forces and doubts about their capability, sources from within these fighters' ranks said on Sunday that they are struggling with a lack of military equipment to fight against the Taliban.

They said they have repeatedly asked the government’s high-ranking officials to provide military equipment and weapons to the forces, but their requests have not been heard so far.

The Taliban on Sunday announced its opposition to an agreement between the US and Turkey for the latter to take over security of Hamid Karzai International Airport, with a spokesman of the group saying that they are against the presence of any foreign troops after the given deadline for their withdrawal from Afghanistan. 
 
The US and coalition forces are expected to fully leave by August 31. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that an agreement has been reached over the post-withdrawal Kabul airport security.