Rise In ANA Casualties

Number of ANA Casualties on the Rise

Military experts stress that the lack of air support and heavy weaponry is one of the main reasons for the increase in casualties.
"There are many factors which have led to the increase in the number of attacks this year, but among them are the security transition [from foreign to national forces], a decrease in the operations conducted by the foreign forces, a lack of support from the foreign forces to the Afghan forces, lack of heavy weaponry, and the escalation of insurgent offenses since the signing of the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA)," military analyst Jawed Kohistani said. "The enemies want to challenge our forces."