U.S. Army Spcs. Curtis Widel, left, and Juan Castro, look at the Arghandab River near Forward Operating Base Lane in Zabul province, Afghanistan, March 11, 2009. Widel and Castro are assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Adam ManciniTaliban Poised At The Gates Of Kabul -- CNN
KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A top Taliban commander has told CNN his insurgents are poised and ready to attack Kabul and could strike virtually anywhere in the city.
It would be tempting to put this down to Taliban propaganda except one of Kabul's top cops is saying the same thing.
"We are working on a security strategy for the city and if we don't get it right, they [the Taliban] can attack at any minute, at any hour, any time," says Commander Mohammed Daud Amin, in charge of securing the Kabul district that includes the Presidential Palace and many government ministries.
Proof of the menacing threat came just last month when eight Taliban fighters, bristling with weapons and suicide vests, burst into three government buildings in the center of Kabul.
Police and security forces managed to kill all the insurgents before they could detonate their vests, but 20 people were killed and dozens were wounded.
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