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UN concerns security in Afghanistan
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09:08:18 �.�
Kabul, Aug 3 - While Afghan President Hamid Karzai says a recent wave of Taliban attacks and reports of militant regrouping are not serious, the United Nations and aid groups have warned "deteriorating security" is the main challenge facing the Central Asian nation.
At least 60 people have been killed over the past month in attacks by, and clashes with, suspected Taliban fighters and their Al-Qaeda allies, mostly in their former heartland of southern Afghanistan.
Attacks in the past week alone have left 21 people dead, including 12 suspected Taliban and Al-Qaeda, eight Afghan soldiers and an anti-Taliban cleric.
Karzai, however, is not worried about the ousted militia regrouping.
"I don't think this is a serious concern, I am not worried about that. The Taliban have no place in the Afghan people, that I know for a fact," Karzai said in an interview with the BBC aired Saturday.
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