Despite continued reports out of the Afghan government of incidents of violence, Afghan civilians are saying in no uncertain terms that the Reduction of Violence is holding, and that casualties have plainly dropped significantly.
This is the sixth day of a seven-day deal, and it looks increasingly probable that it will survive until Saturday, when it is to be replaced by a formal peace treaty between the US and the Taliban.
Violations are all fairly minor, a few killed or wounded, and the Taliban have denied anything to do with them. Taliban officials even suggested that Afghan intelligence agencies were inventing things to raise uncertainty.
Which isn’t entirely out of the question. Afghanistan’s government has been on the outside looking in at a lot of these talks, and has at times expressed discomfort with the idea of a peace process. Either way, it’s happening, and the Afghan public seems very happy with it.
I’m waiting for the part that says, “America isn’t leaving” to come out…
“Violations are all fairly minor, a few killed or wounded, and the Taliban have denied anything to do with them.”
And yet the last time the peace process was about to be finalized it came to a screeching halt because ONE American was killed. And if we didn’t want this one to be finalized it wouldn’t have mattered if the Taliban denied that they had anything to do with the “few killed or wounded” since this started. Whatever our reasons are for allowing this to get this far it’s hard to imagine that they aren’t nefarious in nature.
More like….”Media reporting of violence in Afghanistan halted for the 6th day”….
Good lets get out and never comes back.