ISLAMABAD – The United States has reached an agreement with Afghan Talibanon a week-long reduction in violence that could lead to US troops’withdrawal from Afghanistan.
This was stated by a senior US administration official while talking toreporters in Munich.
The official said if the accord holds, it could pave the way for anagreement by the end of this month on US troops’ withdrawal fromAfghanistan.
He said the seven-day period has not yet started but will go into effectsoon.
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There were no immediate comments on the deal from Ashraf Ghani’s governmentor Taliban.
