Off the wire
• Event to commemorate 150th anniversary of Sun Yat-sen's birth  • Israel counts on U.S. president-elect for stronger alliance  • Urgent: Chinese president sent congratulatory message to Trump on his election  • China holds photo exhibition to commemorate Sun Yat-sen  • China jails 49 for catastrophic Tianjin warehouse blasts  • Myanmar to re-assess 21-year old forest policy  • 2nd LD Writethru: Investigators probe tram overturn which injures dozens  • Iran expects Trump to observe commitments to nuclear deal  • Indonesia eyes 3 golds on men's short distances in SEA Games 2017  • Profile: U.S. Vice President-elect Mike Pence  
You are here: 　 Home

780 newly graduated officers commissioned to Afghan army

Xinhua, November 9, 2016 Adjust font size:

A total of 780 newly graduated personnel of Afghan Special Force after completion of a 16-week training course and receiving certificates commissioned to the National Army on Wednesday.

"The newly graduated personnel mostly in the rank of lieutenants would be deployed elsewhere in the country from now on wherever there presence is needed," commander of Special Force Unit, Bismillah Waziri said in his speech at the certificate distribution ceremony.

Personnel of Special Force Unit, according to the official, have played significant role in the war on terror and defeating insurgents elsewhere in Afghanistan.

Afghan government with having more than 350,000 strong national security forces including army and police has been fighting the increasing insurgency involving hardliner Taliban and the Islamic State outfit to stabilize peace and security in the conflict-ridden Afghanistan. Enditem