Upsurge in Afghanistan violence prompts security shake-up

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With the remnants of Saturday's deadly bus blast in Kabul still fresh in their minds, Afghans are on edge.

Waves of suicide bombings and commando-style assaults by the Taliban further threaten an already fragile security.

The attacks are spreading uncertainty as most foreign combat troops withdraw this month.

In a fiery speech on Sunday, President Ashraf Ghani condemned the attacks.

(SOUNDBITE) (Pashto) AFGHAN PRESIDENT, ASHRAF GHANI, SAYING:

"These acts are unacceptable; these acts are not Islamic and are inhuman. The society has to say in one voice that it's no longer acceptable."

His speech comes days after a suicide bombing killed a German man at a French cultural center.

The man was attending a performance of a play denouncing suicide bombs.

Ghani said he's seeking to revive an Afghan security body last seen during a Soviet-backed government in the 1980s.

He did not give details, but his spokesman said there would be greater co

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