Afghan official answers critics

Afghanistan's Deputy Foreign Minister Jawed Ludin has spoken to SBS about a series of Taliban attacks in Kabul over the weekend.

Afghanistan's Deputy Foreign Minister Jawed Ludin has spoken to SBS about series of Taliban attacks in Kabul over the weekend.

The 18-hour offensive left 36 insurgents and 11 others dead and was the largest in Kabul since insurgents fired on the US embassy and NATO headquarters in September last year.

"Kabul has generally been safe. It has been quite peaceful for a number of months now," said Ludin.