Taliban claim responsibility for Afghan attacks
The Taliban claimed responsibility for a series of suicide attacks in southern Afghanistan's city of Kandahar on Saturday, describing it as a message to NATO commanders planning a major operation there. Taliban insurgents had carried out four bombings inside the heart of Kandahar and had inflicted heavy casualties on the "enemies of the mujahideen", the militants said in a statement on their website.
The attacks were to serve as a "message" to the commander of NATO forces General Stanley McChrystal, who is planning an operation in Kandahar against the fighters, the statement said. (Reuters)
