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Afghanistan bolsters security as Taliban threatens presidential poll

26/09/2019 19:55

Afghanistan deployed more than 100,000 troops and police on Thursday to guard polling stations in a presidential election which the Taliban has threatened to disrupt with suicide bombings and rocket attacks.

Afghans plan to double special forces from 17,000 as threats grow - sources

29/03/2017 10:58

Afghanistan plans to double the number of elite special forces from 17,000 troops, officials said, part of a long-term strategy to bolster units stretched and exhausted by persistent attacks from Taliban insurgents and other Islamist militants.