...mindless ferocity in a turban....
They said that the Taliban have established checkpoints on the highway.
The passengers said that the Taliban also frequently attack those cars allegedly carrying government servants.
Meanwhile,
...back at the dirigible, the gondola was dangling by a single thread of rope.
Jack!Cynthia cried.
I just realized I'm afraid of heights! I don't even like high heels!...
residents in the Sarobi district of Kabul have said that the Taliban exist in several villages of the district and sometimes the murderous Moslems shoot at the cars passing on the highway.
"Yesterday there was fighting on the highway, fighting breaks out three or four times a week," said Naseer Agha, a driver.
"We have two vulnerable areas here from which the murderous Moslems try to pose threats, foreign intelligence is also involved in security issues," said Hazratullah, the district governor of Sarobi.
"Problems exist in Tangi and Mahipar areas, threats have also had an impact on hotel business and bazars," said Baseer, a resident in Sarobi.
The Interior Ministry meanwhile said that the Taliban have no strong presence in Kabul districts. The Ministry pledge to fix the security issues on the highway very soon.
"The security forces have a strong presence on the route, we will not allow the Taliban to disrupt law and order," said Tariq Aryan, a front man for the Ministry of Defense.
Kabul-Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
highway once was one of the safest highways in the country. But drivers and passengers on the highway have said that the presence of Taliban on the route has created major concerns for the people.