Taliban Sends Suicide Bombers to Warn NATO General

The Taliban insurgents and radical armed forces deep in the Middle East claims responsibility for recent bombing attacks in the southern regions of Kandahar. They also boasted that although the sequence of attacks claimed many lives and injured more, they are mere warnings to NATO’s top general sending a message that they are more than ready for the foreign forces’ major offensive in the heart of the war zone. Kandahar Governor Tooryalai Wesa already asked for more Afghan military forces from the central government in Kabul and he also demanded that the NATO forces coordinate with him and the government troops to optimize security and centralize defensive tactics. He fears that the worst is yet to come and they need to prepare for the next line of attacks.

Qari Yousef Ahmadi, a Taliban spokesperson, assumed Taliban’s responsibility through a webcast and phone interview for the bold and bloody attacks that killed 35 people and injured 57 more. Ahmadi said that this is a response and a warning to NATO General Stanley McChrystal’s vocal plans of driving the Taliban out of Kandahar province after the success of flushing them out of a stronghold in Helmand province. Ahmadi also warned that while the foreign coalition have yet to start amassing and planning their offensive, the Taliban’s guerilla forces have already launched their operations and are set to strike anytime and anywhere.

The bombing includes at least five massive explosions, four of them devastating suicide bombs that targeted the local prison, the police headquarters and even a wedding hall where ten guests died on the spot. Although the attacks claimed many innocent lives, shattered the atmosphere of peace and damaged key establishments, they were nevertheless unsuccessful in their original plan. Apparently, the attacks wanted to emulate the 2008 suicide bombings targeting the prison gates that caused a major prison break that released hundreds of convicted criminals and suspected insurgents free.