PHOTO: APPFormer Afghan National Army lieutenant general Sami Sadat has announced the launch of coordinated armed operations against the Taliban regime under the banner of the Afghanistan United Front (AUF). According to Sadat, the initial phase of the military campaign would target Taliban fighters, military installations and senior leadership, before expanding into subsequent operational phases across the country. He noted that military operations would be integrated with political, diplomatic and public mobilisation efforts for the liberation of Afghanistan. General Sadat stated that nearly five years of appeals by the Afghan people and civil society had been ignored by the international community. Sadat said that the Afghanistan United Front considered itself the legitimate continuation of the former Afghan National Army.