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=== News Update ===
The Taliban Gets Closer to Kabul
SPIEGEL ONLINE
December 5, 2006
A report from the German military, the Bundeswehr, warns that the
Taliban is approaching Kabul and that attacks on the capital city are
likely to increase. Security in nearby districts is already
deteriorating.
The regeneration of the Taliban -- which has retaken control of parts of
southern Afghanistan -- is no longer fresh news to anyone. But are the
insurgent forces preparing to launch a series of attacks on the capital
city of Kabul, which is home to peacekeeping troops, the Afghan
government and non-government organizations that are helping to rebuild
the war-torn country?
The leadership of Germany's military, the Bundeswehr, fear that Taliban
attacks on the Afganistan capital of Kabul will likely increase in the
coming months. According to a classified report on the state of
Afghanistan obtained by SPIEGEL, "militant opposition forces" have made
it clear that they will focus fighting during the winter "on the
country's largest cities."
The security situation has already "visibly deteriorated" in two
districts located just 10 kilometers from Kabul's city limits -- to the
point that Afghan security forces don't even dare to patrol the streets
at night. The report warned that Taliban fighters could use the district
as "gateways" to Kabul and also as place where they could stage future
attacks.
According to the report, Taliban fighters are smuggled into the
districts in small "groups of up to eight men," and they often blend in
with the population by staying in the homes of local residents for
several days at a time.
In a separate development, NATO troops fired on civilians after a
suicide car bomb exploded next to their convoy on Sunday. The suicide
blast in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan, killed two civilians and
injured ten outhers, including three British soldiers. NATO spokesman
Maj. Luke Knittig said that as the patrol was driving away from the
scene they saw a car they feared might contain a second suicide bomber.
At least one civilian was killed and nine were injured during the
ensuing shooting.
dsl/spiegel/AP
source:
http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,452290,00.html
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