'Taliban Threatens Spring Offensive', The Globe and Mail, 29 April 2009
EXCERPT: "A top Taliban commander warned today that militants would unleash a wave of ambushes, roadside bombs and suicide attacks in a new spring offensive in Afghanistan. In a possible harbinger of coming violence, coalition and Afghan troops killed 42 militants in three operations, officials said. Mullah Berader, a deputy to Taliban leader Mullah Omar, said the Taliban plans to launch a new offensive Thursday against international and Afghan troops, government officials and 'whoever is supporting invaders in our country.' Taliban militants have increased attacks in the past three years after what appeared to be an initial defeat of the radical group, which was toppled from power by the 2001 U.S.-led invasion. U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered 21,000 additional U.S. troops to the country to bolster the record 38,000 American forces already in the country."
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See also:
'US military says 42 insurgents killed in Afghanistan', AFP, 29 April 2009
'Afghan education attacks kill 70 in a year: Ministry', ABS CBN News, 29 April 2009
'A capital idea for Afghanistan', Asia Times Online, 29 April 2009
'The occasional Taliban', Institute for War and Peace Reporting, 29 April 2009
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