Curfew in Kandahar Lifted for First Time in 23 Years
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BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan — Citing increased security, authorities in the former Taliban stronghold of Kandahar lifted a nighttime curfew for the first time since the Soviet invasion in 1979, a U.S. military spokesman said Sunday.
Maj. Bryan Hilferty, speaking to reporters at the allied headquarters in Bagram, north of the capital, Kabul, said lifting the curfew in the southern city was “an example of the continuing progress” toward stability in Afghanistan since the U.S. bombing campaign and offensive by Northern Alliance forces ousted the Taliban late last year.
Most of Afghanistan had been under a dusk-to-dawn curfew since the Soviet invasion.
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