There are signs that insurgents in Afghanistan are planning to attack Kandahar city, an indication the Taliban still threaten the provincial capital after weeks of fighting nearby.
Fighters are making preparations for an assault inside the city limits in the next three to four months, according to two sources with connections to the Taliban. By one account, fighters are stockpiling guns and hiding out in Loy Wiyala, a vast slum in the city's north end.
In an audio recording of a telephone conversation obtained by The Globe and Mail, a Taliban commander warns a friend who was thinking about moving his family to a house in Kandahar that the insurgents are lurking near the city's outskirts. |