WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2008
3:42 MECCA TIME, 0:42 GMT
Taliban warns of more attacks
Stoere believes he was not the Taliban's
intended target [EPA]
The Taliban has warned of more suicide bomb attacks in
places regularly frequented by westerners such as
restaurants in Kabul as Afghan authorities arrested
four suspects over a hotel bombing that left at least
eight people dead.
Zabihullah Mujahed, a Taliban spokesman, on Tuesday
warned those "who are here supporting the invading
forces" that they were no longer safe.
"We will carry out attacks on restaurants, guest
houses and any other places frequented by foreigners,
those who are here to help the invading forces," he
told AFP by telephone from a secret location. "We will
launch a wave of attacks."
"We have jihadists in Kabul right now and soon we will
carry out more attacks against military personnel and
foreigners," he said, adding that they will use "new
tactics that the invading forces and their supporters
even can't think of".
"I have not heard anything in Kabul that suggests the
attack was directed against our delegation"
Jonas Gahr Stoere, Norwegian foreign minister
On Monday a Taliban fighter blew himself up followed
by a shooting at Hotel Serena, a popular place among
westerners and Kabul's only five-star and most secure
hotel.
Jonas Gahr Stoere, the Norwegian foreign minister, who
was earlier thought to be the target of the hotel
attack, said he did not think he was the intended
target.
'Not the target'
"I am not an investigator, but I can say that I have
not heard anything in Kabul that suggests the attack
was directed especially against our delegation," he
said upon returning to Norway on Tuesday.
"If the attack was directed against me, then it was a
poor attempt. There were many other occasions on the
tour that would have been better," Stoere told
national broadcaster NRK.
Afghan police have since arrested four men over the
hotel attack, including one of the three suspected
attackers who was found wearing a police uniform.
Amrullah Saleh, Afghanistan's intelligence chief, said
the attack was linked to a Pakistani anti-government
fighter.
Responding to the latest Taliban warning, security
companies protecting international workers in
Afghanistan on Tuesday restricted the movements of
westerners, placing restaurants and stores off-limits
for some.
Undeterred
The hotel attack, however, has not deterred some
Westerners in Kabul who said they would continue to
dine out.
"I will still go out, but not as often as before,
maybe, and the venue now is more important," Christoph
Klawitter, who heads a German logistics company, said,
adding that he dined out two or three times a week,
sometimes at Serena Hotel.
"The Serena was pretty secure, and even there they got
in, so I don't know," he said. "The more security, the
more likely it is I might go there."
In New York, the United Nations and the Security
Council issued separate statements condemning the
hotel attack and called for greater efforts to
stabilise and bring peace in Afghanistan.
Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, said the attack
"will not diminish the commitment of the international
community to Afghanistan".
Source: Agencies
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