KABUL, Jan. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- Militants challenging the Afghan government have apparently begun copying the insurgents' tactic in Iraq as double suicide attacks left over 30 dead and almost the same number injured in Taliban's former stronghold Kandahar in a single day on Monday.

    Kandahar, the birthplace of Taliban's fundamentalist movement has been the scene of increasing violent incidents since early weekend as four deadly suicide bombings rattled the city and caused concern among the common people and official circles.

    The rising wave of human explosions is taking place amid reported infiltration of Arab militants from Iraq and recruiting suicide bombers by Taliban in the war-torn central Asian state.

    A Taliban key commander Mullah Dadullah claimed last month that the militants had prepared 200 suicide bombers with 10 percent of them targeting the Afghan government and foreign troops interests.

    The claim backed by the British circles. Intelligence sources in the United Kingdom say that hundreds of Islamic fighters associated with al Qaeda network have begun gathering in Afghanistan ahead of the deployment of 4,000 British troops to the post-Taliban nation in spring.

    The militants, according to the British intelligence sources from Egypt, Jordan, Yemen and other Arab countries, would target the U.S.-dominated foreign troops, Afghan forces and government officials in order to destabilize security in that country.

    British intelligence circles also said that drug trade and the growing Afghan insurgency are inextricable linked with the dramatic increase in heroin export, which allows pro-Taliban groups to buy in supplies of weapons and fund foreign fighters.

    Afghans believe the unchecked militancy would undermine the ongoing stability as well as the ongoing reconstruction process and eventually looses the trust of people to the government, an objective the Taliban working for.

    "The prime objective of the anti-government militias by conducting suicide attacks is to sabotage the ongoing reconstruction process and damage the government's popularity," a journalist Ahmad Shafai opined.

    "The militants also attempt to bring in an Iraq-like situation and discourage international community to reduce contribution towards Afghanistan," the journalist maintained.

    The Afghan government blames foreign hand for supporting militancy in the country as President Hamid Karzai said Monday that terrorists were trained close to Afghan border.

    "We got information some four months ago that terrorists had been trained close Afghan border and sent to Afghanistan for conducting subversive activities," the Afghan head of state told journalists. However, he did not name any specific country.

    Meantime, he categorically noted that terrorists had been imposed on Afghanistan Pakistan's tribal-belt area close to Afghanistan's porous border.

    Months ago, Afghan Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wordak without naming any countries claimed that foreign nationals including Arabs and some from neighboring countries are among the suicide attackers

    The surging suicide attacks are taking place after the announcement of Washington to reduce its troops in Afghanistan.

    Pentagon has decided to withdraw some 3,500 of its 18,500 troops from Afghanistan, as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO would deploy 6,000 troops to the volatile southern provinces and thus boost its strength to 15,000 this year.

    Taliban leaders reportedly said that the United States would be defeated and eventually pull out its troops from Afghanistan and Washington's decision to withdraw part of its military from the country is seen as a proof to the notion.

    The increase in violent security incidents not only created panic among the local but also caused concerned among the commanders of NATO and U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

    To deal with the new challenge of suicide attack, both the NATO and the U.S. army obvious are seen in doldrums as they have no immediate equipment to match the suicide bombers.

    "The U.S. military would use new technology and weapons to stem and prevent suicide attacks," spokesman of the U.S.-led coalition forces in Afghanistan James Yonths told reporters Monday but declined to give more details. Enditem