In a video message released Monday by the television channel Al Arabiya, Taliban threaten to launch attacks on the French capital if France does not withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
Islamist rebels also claim that registration in the ambush in which ten French soldiers were killed on 18 August.
"If we refer to these statements, they incorporate themes are not new," said Frederic Desagneaux, deputy spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
"An operation of communication"
"It's a communication that is renewed but is not new," he added during his weekly press, but stressed: "We take seriously the threats were made against our country but it is a precaution and vigilance general. "
Frédéric Desagneaux, there was "no specific additional threat today."
In the video, whose date is not specified, a Taliban commander said: "We killed ten French soldiers today to send a message to French so that they correct their mistakes and withdraw from Afghanistan . If they do not, they will hear our response to Paris. "
Frederic Desagneaux considered it seems that the words which appear on this video are old, "go back a few months and probably were held at or just after the attack in which our soldiers have been targeted."
The ambush of August 18, who is also 21 injured in French ranks to about fifty miles east of Kabul, the attack was the deadliest against foreign troops since the fall of the Taliban in 2001.
A total of 2600 French soldiers are deployed on Afghan soil as part of the international Security Assistance Force (ISAF) under NATO command.
Islamist rebels also claim that registration in the ambush in which ten French soldiers were killed on 18 August.
"If we refer to these statements, they incorporate themes are not new," said Frederic Desagneaux, deputy spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
"An operation of communication"
"It's a communication that is renewed but is not new," he added during his weekly press, but stressed: "We take seriously the threats were made against our country but it is a precaution and vigilance general. "
Frédéric Desagneaux, there was "no specific additional threat today."
In the video, whose date is not specified, a Taliban commander said: "We killed ten French soldiers today to send a message to French so that they correct their mistakes and withdraw from Afghanistan . If they do not, they will hear our response to Paris. "
Frederic Desagneaux considered it seems that the words which appear on this video are old, "go back a few months and probably were held at or just after the attack in which our soldiers have been targeted."
The ambush of August 18, who is also 21 injured in French ranks to about fifty miles east of Kabul, the attack was the deadliest against foreign troops since the fall of the Taliban in 2001.
A total of 2600 French soldiers are deployed on Afghan soil as part of the international Security Assistance Force (ISAF) under NATO command.
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