US watchdog: Taliban attacks increased in Afghan capital

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A U.S. government watchdog says Taliban attacks in the Afghan capital of Kabul are on the rise, with increasing targeted killings of government officials, civil-society leaders and journalists. Monday’s report comes as the Biden administration plans to take a new look at the U.S.-Taliban peace deal signed under President Donald Trump. It says Taliban-initiated attacks across Afghanistan during the last quarter of 2020 were slightly lower than in the previous