By Xinhua
Kabul : The Taliban has threatened to launch a fierce nationwide offensive against government and foreign targets in Afghanistan from Sunday.
The Taliban would initiate an operation dubbed Ambush across Afghanistan, a rebel spokesman Yousuf Ahmadi told Xinhua by satellite phone from an undisclosed place.
The fighters of the group would adopt various tactics including suicide bombing, roadside bombing, ambush and so on, he said, adding the Taliban was aiming at causing great loss and casualties to Afghan and foreign troops.
The spokesman did not say how long the offensive would last.
Due to rising Taliban-linked insurgency, over 1,600 persons, most of whom were Taliban militants, have been killed in Afghanistan this year.