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Afghanistan
Afghan Forces, Taliban Face Off in 17 Provinces after Peace Deal
2020-03-04
[ToloNews] A fresh spate of violence kicked off in at least seventeen Afghan provinces on Tuesday, a day after the Taliban
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 announced they would resume military operations against the Afghan cops. The Afghan Ministry of Interior said there were 33 attacks by the Taliban and at least six non-combatants were killed in the past 24 hours.

The fighting between the two sides comes days after a weekslong Reduction in Violence (RIV) and a peace deal signed by the United States and the Taliban on Saturday. The peace deal outlined terms for the withdrawal of US and coalition forces from Afghanistan in exchange for a number of solid assurances by the Taliban, including that they cut ties to al-Qaeda and prevent Afghanistan from becoming a safe haven for terrorist groups. The deal, signed in Doha, coincided with a joint Afghan-US declaration in Kabul that mirrored the Doha deal in laying out plans for intra-Afghan talks and an eventual ceasefire.
Posted by:trailing wife

#8  Just a reminder that we can't nation build cultural failures into a real nation but we can slaughter better than anyone in history.

😂
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-03-04 15:39  

#7  I don't want US troops there, but I wouldn't be opposed to a few B-52 strikes if opportunity presents itself on our way out.

Just a reminder that we can't nation build cultural failures into a real nation but we can slaughter better than anyone in history.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2020-03-04 15:29  

#6   I thought it was Saudis that were at the controls.

Sure, but Al Qaeda had been sheltered in Afghanistan by the ruling Taliban ever since they fled Sudan.
Posted by: trailing wife   2020-03-04 15:29  

#5  Afghanis on 9-11??? I thought it was Saudis that were at the controls.
Posted by: Canuckistan sniper   2020-03-04 15:12  

#4  It's peace deal bedlaaaaaaaaam!
Posted by: swksvolFF   2020-03-04 10:12  

#3  #2, That and put a murderous, plundering Arab army in central France a century later. Where's The Hammer when we need him?
Posted by: Cesare   2020-03-04 07:31  

#2  Praise Allah Herb! It's not as if the plague of fundamentalist Muslims there tried to murder 50,000 human Americans on 9-11. Right?

On the other hand it was definitely the evil Christian West the inspired Muhammad's 610 AD call for global jihad. Right Herb?
Posted by: Woodrow   2020-03-04 07:08  

#1  Whew! So glad this doesn't concern us any more!

The Afghan "government" was always a joke. They're an easy price to pay to get out of there. The whole of Afghanistan isn't worth a single more American's life. Not one more.
Posted by: Herb McCoy   2020-03-04 04:25  

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