Taliban’s new strategy: Attacking high-profile targets from within
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KABUL: A car with the licence plate of a high-ranking Afghan general approached the gates of the defence ministry in Kabul last month. A special "A" pass also was on its windshield , so guards quickly waved it through.
Once inside, a man in an army uniform jumped from the car and stormed the ministry's office building, a government official said. He gunned down two Afghan soldiers before being killed. The gunman also fatally wounded an Afghan army officer who died later at a hospital.
The April 18 attack — brazen and cleverly orchestrated by insurgents — is indicative of the high-profile yet small-scale attacks that are trademarks of the Taliban's spring campaign. Unable to match the firepower of the USled coalition and Afghan forces, insurgents conduct suicide bombings and assaults on government buildings, figuring these types of attacks will prove their resilience.
On Saturday, a suicide bomber wearing a police uniform detonated a vest laden with explosives at a provincial governor's compound, killing two top Afghan cops and wounding the German general who commands Nato forces in the north. Two Germans and two other Afghans died.
It's unclear how deep of a dent the US-led military campaign made in the insurgency or if these attacks are preludes to more widespread fighting by Taliban this summer.
Once inside, a man in an army uniform jumped from the car and stormed the ministry's office building, a government official said. He gunned down two Afghan soldiers before being killed. The gunman also fatally wounded an Afghan army officer who died later at a hospital.
The April 18 attack — brazen and cleverly orchestrated by insurgents — is indicative of the high-profile yet small-scale attacks that are trademarks of the Taliban's spring campaign. Unable to match the firepower of the USled coalition and Afghan forces, insurgents conduct suicide bombings and assaults on government buildings, figuring these types of attacks will prove their resilience.
On Saturday, a suicide bomber wearing a police uniform detonated a vest laden with explosives at a provincial governor's compound, killing two top Afghan cops and wounding the German general who commands Nato forces in the north. Two Germans and two other Afghans died.
It's unclear how deep of a dent the US-led military campaign made in the insurgency or if these attacks are preludes to more widespread fighting by Taliban this summer.
(source:imesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/)
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