The Taliban has unleashed its annual so-called "spring offensive" in Afghanistan, saying it will mainly target U.S.-led foreign "occupation" troops to force them to quit the country.
In a formal announcement released to media Friday, the Islamist insurgency claimed "Operation Mansouri" went into action early Friday morning across all 34 Afghan provinces.
It explained the offensive has been named after Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour, who was killed by an American drone last year.
"These operations will involve conventional attacks, guerrilla warfare, complex martyrdom (suicide) attacks, insider attacks, and use of IEDs (improvised explosive devices) to achieve their objectives," said the statement by the Taliban's so-called leadership war council.
While there has been no letup in insurgent attacks in Afghanistan over the past several years, the onset of springtime witnesses an intensification in militant activities because melting snows on mountain peaks allows insurgents to launch major battlefield attacks.
Friday's announcement came a week after the Taliban staged its deadliest ever raid on a major Afghan military base in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif.
塔利班在阿富汗展开其年度所谓“春季攻势”,表示将把美国领导的外国“占领军”作为主要攻击目标,迫使他们放弃阿富汗。
在星期五对媒体发表的一份正式声明中,这个伊斯兰叛乱武装称“曼苏尔行动”星期五早晨在阿富汗所有34个省展开。
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