KABUL – General Joseph L. Votel, Commander of United States CentralCommand, has said that the recent attacks by militants in Afghanistan willnot impact the US commitment to Afghanistan.

The recent attacks have served only to bolster the US commitment, he said.

“(The attacks do) not impact our commitment to Afghanistan, our commitmentto the mission and seeing this through and our commitment about making surethat the Afghan national security forces have what they need to deal withthis particular enemy,” he stated.

“As horrible as this is, to me, it strengthens our resolve to help themmove forward.”

While critics still blame government for its weakness to thwart Talibanattacks, a number of military commentators have said that to curb Talibanattacks in Afghanistan, there is a need to hit them in their bases andtraining camps before they can launch any attacks.

This comes hours after insurgents raided a military facility inAfghanistan’s capital Kabul killing at least eleven Afghan army officers.

In the past few days, both Afghan security officials and their foreigncounterparts have said that they are planning more inclusive programs tohit Taliban and Daesh insurgents in different parts of the country such asHelmand and Kunduz provinces.

“We have eliminated over 10 enemy personnel. Five other enemies werewounded (in the past few days),” said Sayed Qurban Mousavi, commander ofPamir 20 army regiment in Helmand.

“There is widespread clashes, but they (Taliban) will not be able totakeover big cities,” said Mohammad Dawoud Tarahkhail, commander of 505police in Bost district of Helmand province.

But analysts say that when government officials and foreign forces havetried to launch operations, insurgents increased their coordinated attacksin urban areas of the country, such as Kabul.