Taliban attacks increase in new strategy, says NATO general

According to NATO's top military commander the taliban have shifted strategies in Afghanistan. There has been a significant increase in attacks by the taliban in Afghanistan and most of them include IEDs and suicide bombers. Most of the violence is located in south eastern Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan.

It is Pakistan's fault/will that the taliban are resurgent. AKI

Kabul, 24 Sept. (AKI) - By Giovanni Del Re - NATO's top military commander, General John Craddock, has expressed concern about the growing number of civilians being killed or wounded in Afghanistan by a resurgent Taliban.

In an exclusive interview with Adnkronos International (AKI), Craddock said that the Taliban had changed its strategy and there was greater insecurity in Afghanistan.

"There is greater insecurity, increased violence, but it is generally located in the east and the south, (and) it is not unexpected," Craddock said.

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Speaking about the Taliban in Afghanistan, Craddock said there had been an increase in the deployment of improvised explosive devices and suicide bombers.

"They have changed tactics, there is an increased number of civilians killed or wounded, Afghan police forces are targeted and attacked," he told AKI.

"I am concerned about the increase of violence, concerned about the governance, it seems not to be working in the way it should."

Craddock expressed particular concern about the dangers along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

"The border with Pakistan if not the problem, is the problem we focus most in terms of security," he said.

"We have got to have coordination with forces on the ground: Afghan forces, ISAF forces, and Pakistani forces on the other side."

Good luck with that.