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Afghanistan
Taliban threaten anti-West offensive
2010-05-09
[Iran Press TV Latest] The Taliban have threatened to launch a fresh offensive in Afghanistan against NATO-led and American troops in the violence-weary country.

In a Saturday statement, the militants warned that the offensive codenamed al-Faath (victory) would begin on Monday and target "Americans, NATO members and their surrogates."
In other words, everyone.
The Taliban further threatened to carry out bombings, assassinations and kidnappings against Afghan parliamentarians as well as foreign troops, diplomats and contractors, the statement said, AFP reported.
Which includes whoever is standing nearby at the time. In other words, everyone. Lovely people, those overgrown students.
The threat of a new offensive in Afghanistan comes as President Hamid Karzai prepares for talks with US officials in Washington ahead of another major military operation.

Nine years after the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, the United States and NATO are surging their troop levels in the country where militants still remain at large.

Karzai said that on Saturday that the US and its allies have yet to make Afghanistan a secure country.

He also criticized the NATO for conducting nightly raids and for inflicting civilian casualties in their search for wanted militants.
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