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Almost 10,000 Security, Terrorist Incidents Occurred in Afghanistan in 2015

© REUTERS / ParwizAn Afghan policeman reacts as smoke billows during an attack near the Pakistani consulate in Jalalabad, Afghanistan January 13, 2016
An Afghan policeman reacts as smoke billows during an attack near the Pakistani consulate in Jalalabad, Afghanistan January 13, 2016 - Sputnik International
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As many as 9,996 security and terrorist incidents occurred last year in Afghanistan, the TOLOnews broadcaster said in an annual report published Wednesday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — May has become the most "volatile" month in respect of insurgency, with 1,026 security and terrorist incidents taking place, the report said.

After the Taliban attack on the city of Kunduz in September, the number of attacks declined as the national security forces started to act "more aggressively" against the militants. the broadcaster said.

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The report reveals that militant activities dropped considerably in the last two months of 2015, but then militants focused more on major cities such as the capital city of Kabul.

Afghanistan is in political and social turmoil, with long-standing Taliban insurgency and other extremist factions operating in the country, such as Islamic State (ISIL, or Daesh in Arabic), which is outlawed in Russia and many other countries, taking advantage of the instability in the country.

In late 2015, US President Barack Obama said that the US forces would maintain presence in Afghanistan after 2016, due to the weakness of the country's army and growing terrorist threat.

Earlier this month, the Afghan Defense Ministry said it had set up a new special force to fight the Islamic State.

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