KANDAHAR, Afghanistan--Giant tents rose from dusty lots andcolored lights were hung across busy intersections Sunday in a flurryof last-minute preparations for Independence Day that has the city'spolice on alert.
Monday marks Afghanistan's 83rd anniversary of the end of Britishcolonial rule. It will be the first time Kandahar, the former Talibanstronghold and the country's second largest city, has celebratedIndependence Day in more than two decades. In Kabul, the Talibanrevived Independence Day celebrations in 2000.
"We are organizing the celebration to show people that we havesucceeded in our goal. This is a sign that there is no al-Qaida, noTaliban in Kandahar," …
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