KABUL - The acting minister of defense, Masoom Stanikzai, said on Wednesday that foreigners under the name of Taliban are fighting security forces in Afghanistan.
Speaking in Helmand during his trip to southern Afghanistan, Stanikzai said the current war in Afghanistan is not a civil war.
"The ongoing war in Afghanistan is not a civil war and it is not a war among the people of Afghanistan. This war is a conspiracy of global terrorists and unfortunately Afghanistan has turned into a battleground," said Stanikzai while talking to army troops at 215th Maiwand Military Corps.
He added that foreign militants are playing a key role in Afghanistan's war.
"You can find remnants of foreign military equipment in Khanshin, Baramcha, Marja districts and every corner of Helmand province and you will also see tens or even hundreds of dead bodies of foreigners who have been killed by Afghan forces and nobody is ready to take away their bodies, because they are foreigners not Afghans," said Stanikzai.
He instructed Afghan security forces to ensure the security of borders so as to prevent an influx of foreign militants.
"We should ensure security of our borders to prevent an influx of foreign militants. We have the responsibility to end this war so that the world will know this war does not belong to the people of Afghanistan," he added.  (Tolonews)