{"id":93867,"date":"2019-12-30T13:05:12","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T17:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=93867"},"modified":"2019-12-30T13:05:12","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T17:05:12","slug":"temporary-afghanistan-cease-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=93867","title":{"rendered":"Temporary Afghanistan Cease-Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_82214\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-82214\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-82214\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/endafgwar-500x263.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/endafgwar-500x263.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/endafgwar-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/endafgwar-768x404.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/endafgwar.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-82214\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment provide security near their armored vehicle in Afghanistan on Sept. 21, 2018, nearly 17 years after the conflict began. (Spc. Christopher Bouchard\/Army)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Taliban council appears to be in agreement with a temporary cease-fire. This should facilitate the signing of a peace agreement with the United States. If everything goes as President Trump hopes, US troops could be withdrawn from Afghanistan. Then, this could return to an Afghanistan challenge addressed by Afghanis.<\/p>\n<p>As of the article, the Taliban chief hasn&#8217;t signed on to a cease-fire yeat. However, the agreement is there and their chief is expected to approve it. One of the goals that the U.S. side wanted involves negotiations taking place between Afghanis involved in the conflict.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">From the Military Times:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Those intra-Afghan negotiations are expected to be held within two weeks of the signing of a U.S.-Taliban peace deal. They will likely decide what a post-war Afghanistan will look like, and what role the Taliban will play. The negotiations would cover a wide range of subjects, such as the rights of women, free speech and the fate of the the tens of thousands of Taliban fighters, as well as the heavily armed militias belonging to Afghanistan&#8217;s warlords who have amassed wealth and power since the Taliban&#8217;s ouster.<\/p>\n<p>The temporary cease-fire had been proposed by U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad during the last round of talks.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The full Military Times article is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2019\/12\/29\/taliban-council-agrees-to-temporary-cease-fire-in-afghanistan\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Taliban council appears to be in agreement with a temporary cease-fire. 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