Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry on Monday said that an order by President Ashraf Ghani on the formation of a territorial army has been issued based on which over 36,000 recruits will be hired in three phases.
 
In response to the move, military experts expressed concerns around the recruitment and management of such a force. 
 
Presently over 190,000 soldiers serve in the structures of the embattled Afghan National Army (ANA) which is tackling insurgents on multiple fronts across the country.
 
In this episode of Tawde Khabare host Nemat Rawan discusses the topic with the following guests:
 
Dawlat Waziri, MoD spokesman 
Abdul Jabar Qahraman, MP
Yousof Amin, military analyst 
Ghafar Gardize, military analyst