The Taliban's defense ministry on Sunday claimed the "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan" has amassed a standing army of over 130,000 troops with hopes to bring that number up to 150,000. Meanwhile, the Afghan economy is a wreck, poverty is rampant, and starvation is kept at bay only through massive international humanitarian efforts. Volunteers prepare food to give a donation to the poor from the Afterlife foundation during Islam's Holy fasting month of Ramadan in Kandahar on April 27, 2022. (Photo by JAVED TANVEER/AFP via Getty Images) "More than 130,000 people have been registered and this process will continue. With the completion of registration, the Afghans will see an independent, well-formed and committed military who will provide security and defend the Afghan soil and borders," Defense Ministry spokesman Inayatullah Khwarazami boasted to Afghanistan's independent Tolo News . Khwarazami said the female employees who worked for the elected government overthrown by the Taliban last year are still at their posts and "still receiving their salaries," but the "Islamic Emirate and Defense Ministry will make a decision about them" soon. Khwarazami also said the Islamic Emirate has not reached a final decision about what its military uniforms will look like. The Taliban is… Read full this story
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