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Afghanistan
Taliban Council Agrees to Nationwide Ceasefire
2019-12-30
[ToloNews] The News Agency that Dare Not be Named on Sunday evening quoted anonymous sources within the Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
saying that the ruling council of the group ‐ in Pakistain ‐ has agreed to a temporary ceasefire nationwide.
Hudna! Any bets on how long this one will last?
The ceasefire, according to the report, will open a way for a peace agreement between the United States and the Taliban. The agreement has been finalized as a draft after 10 rounds of talks between the two sides.

The AP reported that the Taliban chief must approve the agreement "but that is expected."

Taliban members talking on condition of anonymity to the News Agency that Dare Not be Named said members of their negotiating team met for a week with the ruling council before they agreed on the brief ceasefire. The negotiating team returned on Sunday to Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
where the group maintains its political office, according to the report.

Intra-Afghan negotiations are expected to be held within two weeks of the signing of a U.S.-Taliban peace deal, AP reported.
That’s definitely one possible future.
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Posted by:trailing wife

#2  Translation from the Pashtu: We Losin'.
Posted by: Mercutio   2019-12-30 08:49  

#1  Already rejected
Posted by: 3dc   2019-12-30 00:34  

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