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2020-01-16 Afghanistan
Taliban Leader Agrees to a 7-Day Reduction of Violence: Source
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leader Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada has agreed to a seven-day reduction of violence in Afghanistan on condition that a peace deal is signed, sources familiar with the process have said on condition of anonymity.

The Taliban leader has said that the reduction of violence in major cities of Afghanistan will be implemented once the US signs the peace deal, which must include a plan for the withdrawal of foreign forces, the sources said, quoting Taliban officials.

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"The religious scholars have suggested that Mullah Hibatullah agree to a seven-day reduction of violence on condition that the US sign the peace agreement during these seven days," said Sami Yousufzai, a freelance journalist.

According to the sources, if the reduction of violence is implemented, the Taliban will not attack the cities, they will not launch suicide kabooms and will not block major highways.

Former President Hamid Maybe I'll join the Taliban Karzai
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, on the other hand, speaking at the Raisina Dialogue conference in India, said that the US efforts in the Afghan grinding of the peace processor are hopeful.

"Yes, we in Afghanistan hope that the new American initiative for peace will work and be supported," said Karzai.

But the Afghan government still insists on a ceasefire.

Hamdullah Mohib, Afghanistan’s National Security Adviser, on Wednesday at the Raisina Dialogue multilateral conference in New Delhi, said that "Peace for our people means the end of violence ‐ this is why we insist that a ceasefire is necessary to create a conducive environment for talks."

"First, and most importantly, peace in our land is long overdue. People still long to see a day where they can send their children to school and visit friends without the persistent fear that they might be the target of terrorism," said Mohib.

He also said that a ceasefire is a catalyst for sustainable peace because the Afghan people earnestly want it, and it will prove to the Afghan people and government that "our enemies are not only serious about peace, but that it is within their control to maintain their part of a future deal."

Mohib said that President Ghani has urged neighbors and partners to seek peaceful resolution to violent circumstances ‐ not just because Afghanistan's own national interests require it, but because these principles are enshrined in the UN Charter and they have been the basis of international cooperation for generations.

The Afghan government has said that it has formed a senior coordination committee on peace.

President Ashraf Ghani
...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money...
in a decree has said that all actions and stances on peace should be carried out in coordination with the state Ministry on Peace Affairs.

"The committee which is led by the State Ministry on Peace Affairs will be coordinating efforts between 14 government entities involved in the grinding of the peace processor," said Najia Anwari, spoeskwoman for the State Ministry on Peace Affairs.

Sources familiar with the US-Taliban talks in Doha have said that no precondition was set for the Taliban to cut their ties with Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan, the abbreviation IRGC is a cognate form of Stürmabteilung (or SA), the term Supreme Guide is a cognate form of either Shah or Führer or maybe both, and they hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
or agree on partial presence of US troops in the country after a potential peace agreement.

Meanwhile,
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Russia’s special envoy on Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov has said that the Taliban in principle have agreed on a ceasefire.

"They (the Taliban) in principle agreed for preliminary ceasefire even with the government, but after signing...it will create environment for intra-Afghan talks including Taliban, because we believe Taliban are also part of Afghan society, they will start talking and they will work out new modalities for Afghanistan and there will be Afghan solution," said Kabulov.
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