Taliban warn of bloodiest year
Rearmed with new guns the Taliban on Friday vowed this would be the deadliest year for foreign soldiers in Afghanistan since the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. This year will prove to be the bloodiest for the foreign troops. It is not just a threat, we will prove it, senior commander Mullah Dadullah told Reuters Our 6,000 fighters are ready for attacks on foreign troops after the change in weather and as it becomes warmer. | by satellite phone. The Talibans war preparations are going on in caves and in mountains. Our 6,000 fighters are ready for attacks on foreign troops after the change in weather and as it becomes warmer.
Dadullah said the extra weapons the Taliban were being supplied he did not say from where included the ability to bring down the NATO and US helicopters crucial to their operations in this rugged, mountainous country.
Posted by: Fred 2007-02-24 |