Aljazeera.English - February 22, 2010


Hamidullah is a member of the Taliban who has fought against Nato troops in Operation Moshtarak - the Nato offensive against the group in Helmand province - which is in southern Afghanistan.

He says that the foreign troops are not succeeding in the offensive as they often kill civilians instead of Taliban fighters.

As a result, he says that the Afghan people are supporting the Taliban more than before.

His statements come after a Nato air strike on what was assumed to be a bus carrying Taliban fighters on Sunday, killed 33 Afghan civilians.

Al Jazeera spoke to Hamidallah in an excuslive interview at Lashkar Gar, Helmand's capital city.


Click and scroll down to title