Letter.

Letter Published in The National UAE on 1April  The militancy of the Taliban remains a potent threat  I write in reference to your article Afghan vice president narrowly escapes death for a second time(March 31). Your piece on the recent escape of the Afghan vice president was eye-opening and sad to read. The constant looming threat of violence and terror is something Afghanistan’s rulers and people have been facing for years. This was the second time the vice president, Abdul Rashid Dostum, has survived an attempt on his life and the Taliban have claimed responsibility for this attack, which left one of his bodyguards dead. Despite the international community’s intervention in the country, the militancy of Taliban appears to be again on the rise. This is an unacceptable and deeply sad state of affairs indeed.K Ragavan, Bengaluru