KABUL, June 5 (Xinhua) -- A total of 60 Afghan youth have been commissioned into the unit of special forces of the National Army after receiving special military training, said a statement of the Defense Ministry on Sunday.
In a ceremony held in 217 Omari Corps and attended by civil and military officials, personnel of the contingent have vowed to serve the nation.
Without providing more details, the statement said the security forces would spare no efforts to stabilize security in Afghanistan.
The Taliban-run Afghanistan, according to its defense ministry spokesman Enayatullah Khawrizmi, has been trying to form up to a 150,000-strong army and efforts to achieve the goal have been continuing. ■
