KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Afghanistan’s extremist Taleban on Tuesday vowed a wave of attacks on restaurants and guest houses frequented by Western nationals, warning they are ‘not safe anymore.’ The threat was made by a rebel spokesman in a telephone call to AFP a day after Taleban suicide attackers killed seven people—at least three of them foreign nationals—in an assault on Kabul’s only five-star and most secure hotel.‘Those who are here supporting the invading forces should know they are not safe anymore,’ spokesman Zabihullah Mujahed told an AFP reporter in southern Afghanistan by telephone from a secret location.
| Secret from whom? The AFP reporter? |
The Taleban frequently issues statements threatening new violence but they are often