Khaama: Kabul Municipality [Taliban] on Tuesday inaugurated a new landmark featuring a giant hand-painted globe in Dahan-e-bagh square in the city. The globe is eight meters in diameter and is set upon a structure that has a mechanism that allows it to spin 12 times a minute, said Mohammad Khalid, deputy mayor of Kabul. “Twelve other squares are also under construction,” he said. Click here to read more (external link).

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