U. S. And Afghan Taliban a just sign a preliminary deal in the coming hours that could eventually end americas longest running war its the result of 18 months of talks but once its agreed there is still a long way to go the 1st stage will be a 135. 00 day period of whats called a meaningful reduction in violence that is set to include the exchange of some 6000. 00 prisoners a deal is being described as a precursor to a Peace Agreement between the warring sides within afghanistan its hoped this will lead to talks between the taliban and the government in kabul as well as the withdrawal of foreign troops leading up to the signing theres been an initial weeklong reduction in violence mostly held although there were still some attacks. We have teams covering the story from several angles in a few moments well be speaking to alan fischer whos in washington d. C. Meet is standing by in afghanistans capital kabul but 1st lets speak to some of the devalued whos at the venue here in doha where
Coronavirus cases have been detected with no known origin. Sport it is canceling International Football friendlies because of coronavirus the lympics are also in downs but were in senegal where africas best boxers still trying to qualify at the 2020. 2 to the news that the u. S. And Afghan Taliban are due to sign a preliminary deal in the coming hours the could eventually and americas longest running war is the result of 18 months of talks but once its agreed to go the 1st stage will be a 135. 00 day period of whats called a meaningful reduction in violence to include the exchange of 6000. 00 prisoners now that deal is being. Described as a precursor to a Peace Agreement between the warring sides within afghanistan itself its hoped that this will lead to talks between the taliban and the government in kabul as well as the withdrawal of foreign troops now leading up to the signing theres been an initial weeklong reduction in violence and that mostly held although there were still some a
Store will come unity want to see of funds from stable and its today is one importer and this is the 1st opening the door to the whole of the people the problem is there are some of the job it has more from the venue here in doha where the signing is due to take place. Well the secretary of state to my calm pill has arrived in doha he will be part of the ceremony which is being hailed as a historic moment for a lasting solution for peace in afghanistan although it is early days and there is a lot of cautious optimism here in the Country Capital but people are seeing this as an important 1st step or remember this is a process which started with a marriage still being alive in 2010 its taken 10 years for the u. S. And taliban to come to some sort of an agreement for not just reduction of violence but also a reduction of the u. S. Troops in afghanistan now thousands of people have gathered at turkeys land border with greece have to turkey said it would no longer hold back refugees greece
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