Posted on 12/29/2019 7:40:39 PM PST by Farcesensitive
The Taliban's ruling council agreed Sunday to a temporary cease-fire in Afghanistan, providing a window in which a peace agreement with the United States can be signed, officials from the insurgent group said. They didn't say when it would begin.
A cease-fire had been demanded by Washington before any peace agreement could be signed. A peace deal would allow the U.S. to bring home its troops from Afghanistan and end its 18-year military engagement there, America's longest...
...The Taliban chief must approve the cease-fire decision but that was expected. The duration of the cease-fire was not specified but it was suggested it would last for 10 days. It was also not specified when the cease-fire would begin.
Four members of the Taliban negotiating team met for a week with the ruling council before they agreed on the brief cease-fire. The negotiating team returned Sunday to Qatar where the Taliban maintain their political office and where U.S. special peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad has been holding peace talks with the religious militia since September, 2018.
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The ole- ceasefire until we decide to blow up a lot of people ploy.
LIES. LIES. LIES.
We need to get the hell out of there.
Of course they have cease fire, they do it every winter to prepare for the Spring Offensive. Kill them all now, man, woman, children, relative, the whole dam bunch of them. Because I guarantee they will do the same to us.
They must be low on ammo.
It’s time for us to leave (LONG past time) whether they can be trusted or not.
We can keep America safe without throwing away the lives of our men over there.
Yeah, and the check’s in the mail.
.... Every time I hear of a cease fire With the Taliban ..... I am always left wondering ... How much money did we pay them for a so called ... “Cease Fire” ....
Cease fire until spring.
We spent trillions and are STILL negotiating with Taliban towelheads in 2019. Unreal.
The Taliban are Muslims and can't be trusted.
Muslims are under no obligation to deal with us Infidels in Good faith.
If they can get us to leave the Taliban can retake Afghanistan.
I doubt if we would go back there. -Tom
Have a ceasefire. Get everyone out. Then when they start blowing people up again, it won’t be Americans. Let the countries over there deal with it.
Let the Russians and Chinese fight over it for all I care.
Sounds good, but how is the word going to get to villagers without modern communications?
There’s an old saying about trying to deal with Africa: “Africa Wins Again” when everything you’re trying to do turns out badly. Afghanistan Wins Again could and should also be an old saying. Easy to invade/conquer but impossible to stay in. Ask the Brits or the Russians. Nothing good will come from our staying there any longer. History shows that we are not going to change them for the better.
Withdrawal from Afghanistan will be dangerous. The last group out is at considerable risk to be slaughtered. The terms of a "cease-fire" agreement will mean very little.
The Russians left without notice in less than 24 hours. What they could not carry with them, was destroyed or abandoned. We will need to do something very similar.
And we should.
They’ve probably already broken it.
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