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US general rebuffs Russian offer to facilitate Afghan government-Taliban peace deal

23rd August 2018 - 14:00 GMT | by Ashley Roque in Washington DC

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As violent attacks continue to rock Afghanistan, the top US general in charge of allied operations said the Taliban has yet to respond to a proposed three-month ceasefire and rebuffed Russia's offer to get the two parties to sit down at the negotiation table. 

US Army Gen Nicholson — commander of the Resolute Support Mission and US Forces Afghanistan — said Taliban leaders have yet to accept or reject the 19 August offer by Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani for a conditional three-month ceasefire.

'If we get a peace process initiated, then I think we are seeing the payoff

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Ashley Roque

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Ashley Roque joined Shephard Media in January 2018 as its North American Editor, based in …

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