Taliban Rule North Of Kabul

The operation earlier this month to flush out the insurgents in Parwan province -- near the capital's northern outskirts -- left 12 civilians dead including women and children, according to the Afghan government.
Two days after the airstrike the Taliban launched a suicide attack on a restaurant in Kabul killing 21 people, including 13 foreigners, in a massacre that drew worldwide condemnation and underlined the increasing threat to the capital itself.
A Taliban spokesman said the attack was to avenge the airstrike.
The political fallout from the anti-Taliban operation in Siagerd district has focused attention on how close the war is to Kabul as NATO's combat mission winds down this year -- forcing Afghanistan to rely on its army and police to thwart the insurgency.LINK