Days after bombing, Afghans despair at three-day limit to ceasefire

Days after bombing, Afghans despair at three-day limit to ceasefire
Reuters
2 hrs ago
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FILE PHOTO: Afghan men prepare victims' coffins for mass funeral ceremony in Kabul
KABUL (Reuters) - An announcement by the Taliban that they would cease fire for three days for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr has been met by many Afghans with little but despair, just days after a bombing that killed at least 80 people, most of them schoolgirls.
The insurgents said late on Sunday they were offering the pause in fighting so Afghans could celebrate Eid in peace. The truce is meant to come into force on Thursday morning, at a critical moment with U.S. forces in the process of withdrawing after 20 years.

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