Tag Archives: Tribal elders broker what world leaders couldn’t — a ceasefire between local Taliban and the Afghan govt

Tribal elders in eastern Afghanistan achieved something that has long eluded world leaders — a ceasefire between the Taliban and the Afghan government. The month-long stoppage in hostilities in the Alingar district of Laghman province, one of the hardest hit by violence, was called to allow local farmers to harvest their wheat crop and students to sit annual examinations. “A …

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