MOGADISHU, April 12 (Xinhua) -- Somali National Security Minister Omar Hashi Aden on Sunday condemned the continuing insecurity in the capital Mogadishu, and called on security forces "to wage holy war against" armed opponents.

    Aden was speaking on the occasion of the 49th anniversary of the creation of Somalia's national armed forces in the capital where government forces and African Union (AU) peacekeepers face daily attacks from armed groups.

    "We can no longer tolerate the killing of our people on a daily basis by people trained by foreigners from Afghanistan and other countries who teach our youth to kill the best of us," Aden told military forces at the commemoration ceremony. "That is unacceptable and we should wage holy war against them."

    Aden urged security forces to be ready to stabilize the capital which has lately been the scene of attacks on government forces and the AU peacekeeping contingent protecting important government installations.

    The Islamist rebel groups of Al-Shabaab and Hezbul Islam (Islamic Party) have been continuing attacking the government led by the moderate Islamist leader, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, and AU peacekeeping forces in Mogadishu.

    The groups which control much of southern and central Somalia accuse the current government of being "un-Islamic" and failing to implement the Islamic sharia law in the war-torn Horn of Africa nation.

    On Saturday, a series of mortar attacks were launched by insurgent fighters on the Mogadishu seaport where supplies were being unloaded for the AU forces, leaving at least three people dead and nearly 20 others wounded.

    The attacks came soon after the spokesman for the Al-Shabaab Islamist group urged his fighters to attack government positions and AU peacekeepers in Mogadishu.