The Interior Ministry said the curfew was intended to curb violence and limit the Taliban’s rebel movement. He has already surrounded several provincial capitals, although he has not yet conquered any. It also cut off key communications to prevent urban supplies. He also controlled a number of border crossings, although the government denies his claim to control 90 percent of them.
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Concerns about the move are all the greater as talks between the government and the Taliban in Doha are stalled and ultimately decisions will be made about power in the country in the field. The curfew does not only apply to Kabul and the provinces of Panshir and Nanagarhar.
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Fighting broke out this week in Kandahar province, one of the strongholds of the rebels. As a result, the United States launched several raids on radicals in the area on Thursday, killing several. The Taliban denounced it as a violation of an agreement with the United States. Last month, 22,000 families fled the province, according to a representative of the Afghan Ministry of Refugees.
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However, US troops will leave the country by the end of August after almost twenty years, and there are concerns about what will happen next. According to some American analysts, the Taliban will rule the country within six months, the BBC said.
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