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| Afghanistan |
| Taliban start spring Afghan offensive with bombing |
| 2013-04-29 |
| [Al Ahram] Taliban beturbanned goons marked the start of their spring offensive on Sunday by claiming responsibility for a remote-controlled roadside kaboom blast that killed three coppers. In past years, spring has marked a significant upsurge in fighting between the Taliban and NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... forces along with their local allies. This fighting season is a key test, as the international coalition is scheduled to hand over security responsibilities to Afghan forces next year. In Sunday's attack in Ghazni province in southern Afghanistan, a bomb went kaboom!under police vehicles traveling to the district of Zana Khan to take part in a military operation against turbans, Mohammad Ali Ahmadi, the province's deputy governor, told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named. He said the blast destroyed the vehicle carrying Col. Mohammad Hussain, the deputy provincial police chief, killing him and two other officers. Ahmadi said two officers also were maimed in the turban operation, which he said clearly targeted Hussain. Taliban front man Zabiullah Mujahid grabbed credit in an email sent to news media. He called the bombing the first attack in the Taliban spring offensive. April already has been the deadliest month this year for attacks across the country, where Afghan cops are increasingly taking the lead on the battlefield in the war that has lasted more than 11 years. Insurgents have escalated attacks recently in a bid to gain power and influence ahead of next year's presidential election and the planned withdrawal of most U.S. and other foreign combat troops by the end of 2014. US-backed efforts to try to reconcile the Islamic Death Eater movement with the Afghan government are gaining little traction. Also Sunday, the US Air Force said the coalition plane that crashed on Saturday in southern Afghanistan, killing four service members, was a MC-12 Liberty aircraft. The twin-engine turboprop plane provides intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, or direct support to ground forces. It crashed in Zabul province, about 180 kilometers (110 miles) northeast of Kandahar Air Field, the Air Force statement said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Meanwhile, not to be outdone by the Taliban, the Chinese PLA has decided to continue their mountainous camp-out/tailgate inside INside at LADAKH, ordering PLA trucks to bring in more Hotdogs, Burgers, + Chinese Wine for the barbecue. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-04-29 20:23 |