Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Tuesday he was ordering the
MILITARY to move to 'offensive mode', away from a defensive stance it had taken as part of efforts to reduce violence in the war-ravaged nation as
Washington tries to broker peace talks.
"In order to provide security for public places and to thwart attacks and threats from the
Taliban and other terrorist groups, I am ordering Afghan security forces to switch from an active defence mode to an offensive one and to start their operations against the enemies," he said in a televised speech.
The Taliban have denied they were involved in the attacks.