Afghanistan: US-Taliban Truce Begins, Feeding Hope of a Peaceful, More Prosperous Afghanistan

Feb 21, 2020 | Elizabeth B. Hessami, The Conversation
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If a seven-day truce between the United States and the Taliban holds until Feb. 28, 2020, Afghanistan’s decades-long conflict may finally end. A peace deal could be signed as soon as Feb. 29, according to the State Department. The draft accord follows months of stop-and-gonegotiations between the United States and the Taliban, an armed insurgency promoting an ultra-conservative form of Sunni Islam.