Posted on 05/08/2010 1:08:04 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
KABUL – In an attempt to steal the spotlight from Afghan President Hamid Karzai's trip to Washington, the Taliban on Saturday threatened to launch a series of attacks across Afghanistan — a claim the defense minister quickly dismissed as insurgent propaganda.
The Taliban said their spring offensive, targeting Afghan and NATO military and staff plus foreign contractors, would begin on Monday — the same day that Karzai begins meetings in Washington. A statement in English posted on the group's website said the offensive dubbed "al-Faath," which means victory, will include "ambushes, detonations of explosive devices, assassinations of government officials, suicide bombings and detainment of foreign invaders."
Defense Minister Gen. Abdul Rahim Wardak dismissed the threat, saying that the Taliban did not have the capability to launch a series of attacks across the nation. Moreover, he said, intelligence reports show many of the Taliban commanders currently are across the border in Pakistan.
"I do believe it is a propaganda campaign rather than a reality," Wardak said.
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Pay no attention to the exploding cars and trucks, Please.
It’s just some yout’s letting off steam.. or sumthin’
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Sic ‘em, Marines.
Show ‘em your battle face..
before O pulls out..
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Talibunny season is now officially open (not that it ever closes)
Well, it is the “summer fighting season”. The Afghan people seem to feel obligated to fight this time of year no matter who is in charge.
German Bundeswehr army soldiers with the 1st armoured infantry battalion 122 play cards after returning from a combat mission in Chahar Dara district on the outskirts of Kunduz, May 8, 2010.« Read less REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CONFLICT)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is pictured addressing local elders in Kunduz, Afghanistan, in April. Karzai has said in an op-ed piece in The Washington Post that the United States and its allies still have a long way to go before their security operations are successful in his country. (AFP/Pool/File/Dusan Vranic)
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