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Full Article Follow Reuters Facebook Twitter RSS YouTube Read Obama pays tribute to unit in bin Laden raid | 06 May 2011 Taliban launch wave of attacks in Afghanistan's Kandahar | 2:06pm EDT Muslim scholars pulled from Delta plane in Memphis 2:07pm EDT Bin Laden directed Qaeda from Pakistan compound | 4:20pm EDT Photos show three dead men at bin Laden raid house 04 May 2011 Discussed 168 Obama to make statement late Sunday, White House says 145 Concerns raised over shooting of unarmed bin Laden, burial 123 Obama at U.S. base to pay tribute to bin Laden mission Watched Legendary founder of Seal Team Six speaks Thu, May 5 2011 Amateur video of Taliban fighters Fri, May 6 2011 Video of bin Laden compound fire Mon, May 2 2011 Taliban launch wave of attacks in Afghanistan's Kandahar Tweet Share this By Ismail Sameem KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents, including at least six suicide bombers, hit government targets in southern Afghanistan's Kandahar on Saturday, triggering gunbattles that killed two people in what the militants... Email Print Related News Al Qaeda confirms bin Laden is dead, vows revenge Fri, May 6 2011 Special report: Why the U.S. mistrusts Pakistan's spies Thu, May 5 2011 Bin Laden killing highlights perils deep inside Pakistan Wed, May 4 2011 No proof Pakistanis knew bin Laden location: U.S. Tue, May 3 2011 Bin Laden was found at luxury Pakistan compound Mon, May 2 2011 Analysis & Opinion In Pakistan, bewilderment We need a new Pakistan-U.S. relationship Related Topics World » Afghanistan » Related Video Kandahar rocked by explosions 10:22am EDT By Ismail Sameem KANDAHAR, Afghanistan | Sat May 7, 2011 2:06pm EDT KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents, including at least six suicide bombers, hit government targets in southern Afghanistan's Kandahar on Saturday, triggering gunbattles that killed two people in what the militants said was part of their "spring offensive". Dozens were wounded in the attacks, which began with a fusillade of rocket-propelled grenades aimed at the provincial governor's housing complex in the city center. More blasts followed in other areas, including outlying districts, in several coordinated attacks, officials said. Gunfire could still be heard late on Saturday, although Afghan officials said this was mainly from clearing operations. "If these attacks were aimed at seizing control of Kandahar city, as the Taliban proclaimed, they failed," a senior official from the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) told Reuters, on condition of anonymity. Shooting erupted after the first explosion hours earlier and insurgents opened fire from a five-storey shopping mall toward the governor's fortified compound, from where security forces returned fire as black smoke rose over the city. "This clearly was intended to be a spring offensive spectacular attack which was thwarted by Afghan National Security Forces," U.S. Marine Major-General James Laster said after security forces finally managed to gain control. Six suicide bombers detonated vehicle explosives at several government targets across the city, including a building belonging to the intelligence service, a foreign special forces base and Afghan police checkpoints. Between three and six other suicide bombers failed to reach their targets, Laster said, "either detonating prematurely or being killed before they could detonate". Gunfights between the militants and security forces lasted for several hours in at least three locations and the wounded included 10 policemen, while the remainder were civilians, said Governor Tooryalai Wesa, who escaped unharmed. Kandahar, the birthplace of the Taliban, has been the focus of military operations over the past year. U.S. and NATO commanders have said they have made some security gains, but those successes are not yet entrenched. Violence across Afghanistan reached its worst levels in 2010 since the Taliban were overthrown in late 2001, with record casualties on all sides of the conflict. PANIC Panic swept Kandahar as the fighting erupted. People ran through the streets in search of safety and shopkeepers closed their doors for fear of looting. Witnesses said the city had been completely closed off. "The city is in lockdown, you can hear gunshots around the city. People and our children are so scared ... we are worried about what to do," said Kandahar resident Abdul Qadir. President Hamid Karzai, on an official trip to Turkey, issued a statement condemning the attacks. Despite comments to the contrary by the Taliban, Karzai said the militants were trying to avenge the death of their ally, al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. The Taliban last week announced the start of their "spring offensive", vowing to increase attacks on foreign troops and Afghan government officials. Those threats were reissued after the killing of bin Laden by U.S. forces in Pakistan on Monday. A Taliban spokesman said the militant group was responsible for the Kandahar attacks, but they were unrelated to bin Laden. "A number of fighters are in several locations around the city. These are not retaliatory attacks for the death of Osama bin Laden but are part of our spring offensive," Qari Yousuf Ahmadi told Reuters from an undisclosed location. Last month, hundreds of prisoners, mostly insurgents, escaped from a jail in Kandahar through a tunnel dug by Taliban militants. A spokesman for Karzai described the escape as a "disaster" for the government. The Taliban's Ahmadi said escapees from that jailbreak were among hundreds of fighters involved in the attacks. It was not possible to verify independently the number of militants who took part in the attacks, and the Taliban often exaggerate their claims. The Taliban have managed to carry out a number of high-profile attacks inside Kandahar and in the capital Kabul over the past year despite Afghan and foreign forces beefing up security around both cities. The Taliban issued a statement late on Friday expressing their condolences over the death of bin Laden but said this would only revive their fight in Afghanistan. (Additional reporting by Hamid Shalizi in Kabul; writing by Jonathon Burch and Rob Taylor; editing by Mark Heinrich) World Afghanistan Tweet this Share this Link this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language, all capital letters or appear to be spam, and we review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. Comments (3) GraceS wrote: 6 more suicide bombers since bin laden death – woman in rear of motorcycle cart w/head-to-toe burka. They can’t/won’t STOP – this is their life and their culture. TIME for usa to just get out. TIME for usa to stop supporting these countries w/billions of taxpayer money [so much goes into private bank accounts & usa is complicit with that]. Let them all wear burkas and masks – that is who they are – women apparently don’t know they are controlled as “men’s private property” and told it’s “religion reasons”. Even an illiterate person could not believe that. No Equal Rights and been that way for 2000 years. If anyone should rebel against these terrorists it should be women…… they and their children [father's and mother's children] are used as suicide bombers. WHAT A CULTURE – it’s mid-east culture. WHY should we allow/SEND our soldiers to fight an un-winnable war? If the women of middle-east allow the culture and don’t rebel then they want that archaic barbarian culture. STOP funding its support. Bring our soldiers home. Let the mid-east continue to live their Muslim/Islam way of life. Keep their culture out of USA. May 07, 2011 2:57pm EDT -- Report as abuse symbolsofa wrote: Bin Laden’s principal rhetorical device is the enumeration of symbols of suffering, examples of situations where Muslims have been humiliated or oppressed by non-Muslims, such as in Palestine, Chechnya, Kashmir, Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo, China, India, Mayanmar, USA, UK, and other parts of the world. The only way to defend against this onslaught, he argues, is to confront America militarily. This is the lesson Osama Bind Laden Gave to Muslim youths of the world who are over 2 billion in the world and ruling over 40% of the world land. Al-Qaeda is a political reaction rather than a religious movement. No wonder people don’t have to be too religious to sympathize with the organization May 07, 2011 3:01pm EDT -- Report as abuse commondsence wrote: In 2008 the worlds financial stability collapsed. There was immediate and exhaustive efforts made to restore stability and financial security. The source of this collapse was discovered to be corrupt practices in the US banking system. TO defeat corruption , is to defeat power and greed. This Afghanistan suffers from greed of power and controll, which is fueled by corruption. Power, Controll, Authority, and the use of the tool of fear to Rule has always had its foundation in corruption. Corruption is a virus inwhich there is no cure other than change of heart {nature}. Good Luck With That in Afghanistan or Pakistan or Iran. Over nine years in Afghanistan and last week 500 inmates escape , and guess who was involed in this attack? 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