Afghan authorities have imposed a night-time curfew across 31 of the country's 34 provinces to curb a sweeping Taliban offensive in recent months, the interior ministry said.
Afghan authorities on Saturday imposed a night-time curfew across 31 of the country's 34 provinces to curb surging violence unleashed by a sweeping Taliban offensive in recent months, the interior ministry said.
The curfew will be effective between 10pm and 4am local time, Ahmad Zia Zia, deputy interior ministry spokesman said in a separate audio statement to reporters.Australia must consider returning to Afghanistan to monitor Taliban resurgence, analysts say Experts say a lack of regular US air support since May to Afghan forces on the ground is a key factor in government troops losing lot of territory to the Taliban. Late on Friday, the Taliban warned the US military against carrying out air strikes.
Earlier this week, the chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff General Mark Milley said the Taliban appear to have"strategic momentum" on the battlefield. It said, quoting local journalists, that relatives of government officials were being targeted in Spin Boldak in the southern province of Kandahar.Veterans are burning their service medals in protest against Australia's treatment of Afghan interpreters
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