KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. officials are concerned that a growing number of attacks in Afghanistan by Taliban rebels have all the hallmarks of those happening in Iraq.
At least nine recent suicide bombings have shown unusual levels of coordination, technological knowledge and employed techniques that officials fear shows support from abroad, The Washington Post reported.
Some of the suicide bombers have struck in waves, with one explosive-laden car following the next in an effort to maximize casualties. That sort of attack is common among al-Qaida in Iraq.
Col. Jim Yonts, spokesman for the U.S. military in Afghanistan, said the Taliban is resorting to suicide attacks and remote-controlled bombings in urban areas "out of desperation" as it continues to lose ground -- and men -- to international forces in the mountains and other rural areas.
"They only lose one person in a suicide attack, not 10 or 15," as they would in battle, he said.
