Clear indications of Taliban surge

The attack on diplomatic quarters, NATO bases and the Parliament by Taliban in Kabul of Afghanistan is a clear indication to the West that if they continued to fight out the terror elements so casually and complacently, they are bound to fail in the last. The Taliban would resurge in Afghanistan in full strength very quickly. The West, especially the US, are required not to leave the serpents half-dead when they hit them. Otherwise, the ship of the West is about to turn turtle in Afghanistan. According to the top official, Afghan security forces have killed all the Taliban attackers who unleashed a wave of coordinated suicide attacks targeting diplomatic area, NATO bases and the Parliament in Kabul. Afghan security forces, which are responsible for the capital's security, took the lead in countering the assault. The Afghan National Security forces are still short and well-equipped of dealing with the developing situation arising from terrorism effectively. The NATO of the West were deployed there after 9/11 must not test Afghanistan National Security Forces’s ability to fight terror elements. It is Nato’s complacency. Nato must continue to assist them with all might at their disposal till the last vestiges of Taliban are not wiped out from the soil of Afghanistan. The task is still very tough there. Though the number of casualties in the attack on diplomatic quarter is of about 14 police policeman, the Taliban have shown the West that they may have been defeated but they have not been thrown out of the country. The Nato operations are being conducted by the US forces and under the leadership of the US-led international coalition forces. It was formed to fight out terror in Afghanistan. The Sunday attackers reportedly are a part of Haqqani Network based in Pakistan. As militants attacked the city's diplomatic enclave, the US, British, German and Japanese embassy compounds also came under fire, though all were reportedly safe. The militants attacked Kabul Star Hotel in Wazir Akhbar Khan area of the capital and some tried to storm the Afghan Parliament firing rockets but were engaged by security forces and driven back. The Parliament was in session and some MPs joined security forces in fighting them. The credit goes to Afghan forces that they successfully drove back the Taliban attackers’ misadventure despite being not well-equipped. In view of the attack, Nato needs to train and well equip Afghan Forces before they leave Afghanistan. Nato’s task is incomplete there and objective unfulfilled.