As insurgents carried out coordinated attacks in three areas of Kabul today, taking over a tall building overlooking the central diplomatic compounds and firing rocket-propelled grenades down on the US embassy, the Taliban were sending out text messages to journalists giving a blow by blow account of the assault.
Reports from the US compound said that hundreds of diplomats and staff had taken shelter in the embassy bunker. Presumably among them was the ambassador, Ryan Crocker, who was quoted in yesterday’s Washington Post as saying: “It’s better than I thought. The biggest problem in Kabul is traffic.”
Today, the Taliban gave western officials something to keep their minds off city centre congestion. Crocker was appealing for ‘strategic patience’ back home, and offering evidence of progress. By carrying out a complex attack in the heart of the capital, the insurgents are seeking to demonstrate that such claims are illusory.
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