A week after the Taliban said it was launching a ‘spring offensive’ of large-scale attacks, bomb and gun attacks hit Kabul killing 28 and injuring 329. After the assault was declared over, another blast rocked Kabul. Afghan MP Elay Ershad said, ‘Everyone is scared in this situation.’ Other similar attacks have been foiled by security forces, but preventing them completely is almost impossible. Explosives are easily available, and bomb-making skills are common. The ‘spring offensive’ is a propaganda war. Meanwhile in Israel 21 people were injured, two seriously, when a bomb exploded on a Jerusalem bus. Bus bombings were a feature of the second intifada which ended ten years ago. However, recently there has been a fresh wave of Palestinian attacks on Israelis. Bombings are perpetrated by extremist segments of society and armies and police are under increasing pressure to stamp it out. See also: