US-Taliban agreement to cut violence will start in next 5 days, Afghan minister says

The ‘reduction in violence’ period “will begin in the next five days, which will be based on the negotiations between the US and the Taliban,” he told a gathering of provincial police commanders in Kabul.
Last week, a senior US administration official said negotiations with Taliban representatives in Qatar had resulted in an agreement in principle for a week-long reduction of violence, but the seven-day period had not yet commenced, Reuters reported.