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Summary Taliban insurgents announced Wednesday they would launch spring offensive across Afghanistan.
The Taliban militia announced their spring offensive would begin across Afghanistan on Thursday.Code-named Al-Farouq, the primary targets of the offensive would be foreign invaders, their advisors, their contractors, all those who help them militarily and in intelligence, the militants said on their website.Al-Farouq spring offensive will be launched on May 3 all over Afghanistan, the militant group said.The militia said the code name came from Islams second caliph, Omar Al-Farouq known for his military advances in Asia and the Arab world during the 7th century.The announcement comes hours after Taliban insurgents armed with guns, suicide vests and a bomb-laden car attacked a heavily fortified compound used by Westerners in Kabul, killing seven people and wounding more than a dozen.The militants claimed the attack in defiance of US President Barack Obamas call that the war was ending during a visit to Afghanistan on the first anniversary of Osama bin Ladens death on Wednesday.
