A curfew was imposed in 31 afghan provinces to prevent the Taliban from attacking cities

Beijing News Express (trainee reporter Chen Yikai) According to the BBC local time reported on July 25, the Afghan government announced on the 24th local time that a curfew was imposed in 31 of the country's 34 provinces to prevent the Taliban from expanding its offensive into the city.

In a statement, Afghanistan's interior ministry said 31 of the country's 34 provinces, in addition to the capital Kabul and two other provinces, have imposed curfews "to limit Taliban activities and other potential violence." The curfew is closed from 22:00 to 4:00 every day, during which people are not allowed to go out.

Fox News commented that this move is the latest sign that the Afghan government is gradually falling into despair.

Fighting between the Taliban and Afghan government forces has escalated over the past two months as international forces withdraw from Afghanistan. A senior U.S. general said last week that the Taliban control about half of Afghanistan's territory, and more than 200 of the country's 419 districts are under Taliban control, Reuters reported.

The Taliban, for their part, claim that as of July 9, they controlled at least 85 percent of Afghanistan's territory, occupied borders with Iran, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, and cut off key transport routes.

In addition, the Taliban have moved quickly in rural areas. Deutsche Welle believes that the Taliban's strategy focuses on rural areas, seizing major roads and cutting off supply routes, a strategy that appears to be aimed at increasing bargaining chips with the government. The BBC argues that progress in peace talks in Afghanistan is slow and that the focus of the fighting will increasingly shift to densely populated central cities.

Although the U.S. withdrawal in Afghanistan is nearing completion, the U.S. Air Force last week launched airstrikes against militants in the area. The U.S. Air Force launched night airstrikes against the Taliban in Afghanistan last week, a move that reflects Washington's intention to continue using warplanes to support Afghan security forces until U.S. troops are fully withdrawn, according to consumer news and business channels.

Beijing News trainee reporter Chen Yikai

Edited by Bai Shuang proofread by Chen Diyan