An Afghan policeman keeps watch at the check post on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan July 13, 2021. (Reuters/Mohammad Ismail//File Photo)
Kabul: Afghanistan's government has imposed a night-time curfew across almost all of the country's 34 provinces to stem surging violence unleashed by a sweeping Taliban offensive that has seen the armed group make rapid territorial gains.
"To curb violence and limit the Taliban movements, a night curfew has been imposed in 31 provinces across the country," except in Kabul, Panjshir and Nangarhar, the Interior Ministry said in a statement on Saturday.
The measure will be effective between 10pm and 4am local time, Deputy Interior Ministry spokesman Ahmad Zia Zia, said in a statement.
The conflict between Afghanistan's Government and the Taliban intensified after the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) began withdrawing their forces from Afghanistan in early May
