Partial truce begins in Afghanistan, boosting peace hopes

A partial truce in Afghanistan could be a step towards the withdrawal of US troops, seen here at the site of a suicide bomb attack in 2015

Both US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the Taliban issued statements on Friday saying they had agreed to sign an accord on February 29 in Doha, following the one-week partial truce. A reduction in violence would show the Taliban can control their forces and demonstrate good faith ahead of any signing, which would see the Pentagon withdraw about half of the 12,000-13,000 troops currently in Afghanistan.

However another Taliban commander there said he had only been ordered to refrain from attacking major cities and highways. Afghans responded jubilantly, with Taliban fighters and security forces hugging and posing for selfies in previously unimaginable scenes around the country. The Taliban’s political spokesman, Suhail Shaheen, separately tweeted that the agreement would see “all” foreign forces leave Afghanistan.

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