Taliban vows to fight on in Kandahar

The Taliban has vowed to stay in its spiritual home in Kandahar despite reports that there were plans for a withdrawal.

The Taliban has vowed to stay in its spiritual home in Kandahar despite reports that there were plans for a withdrawal.

The news follows the Taliban's admission that the military chief of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network Mohammed Atef was killed along with seven colleagues in a US bombing raid three days ago.

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