Taliban claims to launch nationwide offensive in Afghanistan

This can't be good.

Hey, didn't Bush destroy the Taliban?

The Taliban claimed it would launch a fierce nationwide offensive against government and foreign targets in Afghanistan from Sunday.

The Taliban would initiate an offensive dubbed Ambush across Afghanistan, a Taliban spokesman Yousuf Ahmadi told Xinhua by satellite phone from an undisclosed place.

Taliban fighters would adopt various tactics including suicide bombing, roadside bombing, ambush and so on, he said, adding the Taliban was aiming at causing great loss and casualties to Afghan and foreign troops.

The spokesman did not say how long the offensive would last.

It takes time to see how fierce the Taliban's so-called offensive would be and whether the Taliban is only carrying out a propaganda campaign.

It seemingly has been quite peaceful in Afghanistan on Sunday for the time being.

Due to rising Taliban-linked insurgency, over 1,600 persons, most of whom were Taliban militants, have been killed in Afghanistan this year.

Editor: Xiao Jie

I often post whole articles from Xinhua because they're so short.

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