The latest from the leader of the Taliban:

Peshawar, 16 March (AKI) – The fugitive leader of the hardline Taliban movement, Mullah Mohammed Omar, has vowed a fierce offensive against the US-led coalition forces in Afghanistan warning of “unimaginable attacks” to come in the summer months. The statement by the Taliban leader was read by Taliban spokesman, Mohammad Hanif over the telephone from an undisclosed location and was qouted in the Pakistani based Afghan Islamic Press news agency.

In the statement, Mullah Omar, for whose capture Washington has issued a 10 million-dollar-reward, said that young Afghans are volunteering for suicide missions against the US-led forces.”Afghans [are] thronging centres of mujahadeen in groups to enlist their name for suicide attacks and other operations of Taliban resistance,” the statement said. The Taliban leader also called on those who had not joined the “Taliban resistance….to consider this resistance against the crusader enemy as a part of their faith.” [Source]

He also referred to the “democratic” government in Iran: “The US and its allies’ attitude towards Iran is also against the claims of US of respecting democracy.”