KABUL – President Ghazni has tasked all corps in the country to be ready for serious combat operations.

The decision was made during the Afghanistan’s National Security Council which was chaired Tuesday by President Ashraf Ghani.

A statement released by the office of the President reads that the Council has further ordered Afghan security forces to take serious measures to prevent the threats by anti-government armed groups and civilians causalities during the military operations.

“National Security Council (NSC) has ordered security and defensive ministries to perform their special military operations in volatile districts in close coordination with the intelligence reports to avoid any civilian causality,” the statement reads.

According to the reports provided by Afghan security officials currently Afghan forces are battling in ten provinces of the country against their enemies. (ATN)