The attacks have followed a change of leadership in the Taliban and have dashed any hopes of an immediate resumption of peace talks with the government. They suggest new Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Akhtar Mansour intends to send a message that there will be no letup in the insurgency.
The attacks, which have killed dozens of civilians and wounded hundreds more, have also stoked tensions with neighboring Pakistan, the base of many leaders of the hardline movement, according to many in Afghanistan.
Ghani, who has made improving relations with Pakistan a priority on the grounds it may push the Taliban into peace talks, said that Islamabad had to tackle the bomb-making factories and suicide training camps being run on its side of the border.
The Afghan President Ashraf Ghani expressed his concerns on twitter. Collected, they read as follows (I've added a link): Ashraf Ghani @ashrafghani1. The war methods have changed against Afghans. The peace process is facing new questions.
2. The recent series of attacks in Kabul and other provinces show that the war has changed shape.
3. The enemy is so desperate now that it has turned to cowardly attacks against innocent people just to weaken people’s morale.
4. In my conversation last night with Pakistan’s Prime Minister and the Chief of Army Staff, I made it clear that...1/2
2/2 ...the government of Pakistan should have the same definition of terrorism in regard to Afghanistan, just as it has for its own.
5. Over the past ten months, we have persistently shown that Afghanistan has both the will and enough capacity to work toward peace.
6. However, Pakistan still remains a venue and ground for gatherings from which mercenaries send us messages of war.
7. The incidents of the past two months in general and the recent days in particular show that..1/2
2/2.the suicide training camps &the bomb making facilities used to target &murder our innocent people still operate, as in the past, in Pak.
8. Just as the incident in Peshawar and the killing of hundreds of innocent children in a school became a turning point in Pakistan, 1/2
2/2..the recent incidents in Kabul and other provinces are no less and we call it a turning point for Afghanistan.
9. Our righteousness has been proven and everyone in the region knows we made all sincere efforts for peace.
10.The decisions that Pak gov will be making in the next few weeks will be as significant to affect bilateral relations for the next decades
11. The security of our people and the national interests of Afghanistan lay the basis of our relationship with Pakistan. 1/2
2/2 We can no longer tolerate to see our people bleeding in a war exported and imposed on us from outside.
12. Pakistan Prime Minister pledged to direct his government to chart out an action plan against terrorism..1/2
2/2.. and to discuss and decide on its implementation during a trip by an Afghan delegation in the coming Thursday.
13.We hoped for peace,but war is declared against us from Pak territory;this in fact puts into a display a clear hostility against a neighbor
14. I ask Pakistan if Shah shaheed attack happened in Pakistan from Afghan soil how will they react?
15. I have directed the courts and the judicial authorities to show no leniency with those who have our people’s blood on their hand.
16. We will make peace only with those who do not destroy their own country on order from foreign masters.
17. I call on and request our politicians to do their utmost to keep this nation together at this critical juncture..2/2
2/2.. and to refrain from any actions that spread suspicions and disunity from which enemy may benefit.
18.Our relation w/ Pak is based on our ntl interests,If our people continue to be killed,relations lose meaning & I hope it will not happen.
19. I'd like to pay my heartfelt tributes &prayers to all those martyred in the recent terrorist attacks &condolences to their families 2/2
2/2.. I also wish a quick recovery for all those injured.
20. Last but not least, I thank our brave soldiers and ANSF personnel for making sacrifices to keep nation safe. Long live Afghanistan!