Karzai blasts Nato 'failure'
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said a "failure" by intelligence services, including Nato, was partly to blame for the weekend's Taliban attacks on Kabul.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said a "failure" by intelligence services, including Nato, was partly to blame for the weekend's Taliban attacks on Kabul.
The Afghan news and translation company Kabul Pressistan has published this translation of Afghan President Karzai's statement on Sunday's attacks.
An 18-hour Taliban attack on the Afghan capital Kabul ended early this morning as insurgents were overcome by heavy gunfire.
Several explosions and gunfire have rocked Kabul in Afghanistan in coordinated attacks across several areas of the city centre.