Afghanistan waits for Taliban response to truce offer
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said a provisional three-month ceasefire with the Taliban would hold only if the insurgents reciprocated (AFP Photo/NOORULLAH SHIRZADA)/ Kabul (AFP) - Afghanistan was waiting Monday for a Taliban response to President Ashraf Ghani's suggestion of a three-month ceasefire, an offer welcomed by the United States and NATO after 17 years of war. Ghani unveiled the government’s latest gambit during an Independence Day address late Sunday, saying security forces would observe the truce beginning this week -- but only ...
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