Fasihuddin, in his address to a gathering in Kabul, said the members of the proposed army would be well-trained and disciplined to defend and protect Afghanistan, according to the radio service.
Taliban and opposition forces are battling to control the Panjshir Valley north of Kabul, the last Afghan province holding out against the group.
Milley told Fox News that one of the "lessons learned" from US withdrawal from the war-ravaged country was the pitfalls realised in the Afghan security forces.
The Taliban is expected to announce the formation of the new government after the takeover of the country on August 15.
UNSC's statements called upon Afghan groups advising them not to support terrorists operating on their territory.
Shabnam Khan Dawran, an anchor at RTA (Radio Television Afghanistan) said that the Taliban has not allowed her to enter her office to continue her work.
An Afghan lawmaker and the Taliban say the militants have seized a provincial capital just west of Kabul.
The militants posted photos online early Sunday showing them in the governor’s office in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province.
Homa Ahmadi, a lawmaker from Logar, says the Taliban control the entire province, including its capital, and reached a district in the neighboring Kabul province on Saturday.
The Taliban have completed their sweep of the country’s south on Friday, as they took four more provincial capitals.
"The Taliban took control of the key areas of the city- the governor's office, the police headquarters and the prison," AFP reported quoting Nasir Ahmad Faqiri, head of the provincial council.
As per reports, Al Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) operates under Taliban protection from Kandahar, Helmand and Nimroz provinces, reports said.
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Pakistan military was reportedly assisting the Taliban in setting up training camps in Eastern provinces of Afghanistan and also in recruitment.
There are also indications of Pakistani nationals fighting in Afghanistan and several of them returning injured and some dead bodies being sent back. This has further charged the sentiments of local youth in the region who have been offering their services to fight in Afghanistan.
An Afghan official said that eight Afghan security guards have been killed by gunmen who opened fire on them in northern Parwan province.
Three US soldiers were killed and another was wounded by an Afghan soldier in eastern Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today strongly condemned a Taliban attack on the Afghan Army in in Mazar-e-Sharif that killed around 140 soldiers.
More than 50 Afghan troops were killed on Friday after a group of Taliban insurgents launched an attack on an army base in northern Afghanistan.
Kabul: At least six Afghan soldiers were killed and 12 injured on Thursday when a suicide bomber targetted a bus carrying army personnel on the outskirts of Kabul.According to a Defence Ministry statement, the attack
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