{"id":21703,"date":"2018-06-07T13:07:47","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T13:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/06\/07\/us-forces-to-honor-afghan-ceasefire\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:13:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:13:42","slug":"us-forces-to-honor-afghan-ceasefire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/06\/07\/us-forces-to-honor-afghan-ceasefire\/","title":{"rendered":"US forces to honor Afghan ceasefire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The top commander of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/05\/02\/afghan-insurgency-and-us-casualties-remain-at-highest-level-since-2015\/\" title=\"\" data-original-title=\"\" aria-describedby=\"popover435540\">U.S. forces in Afghanistan <\/a>said Thursday they would respect a week-long ceasefire with the Taliban in honor of Eid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The holiday marks the end of Ramadan fasting and a ceasefire was called for by Afghanistan\u2019s president <a href=\"http:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/29\/nato-backs-afghan-leaders-offer-of-talks-with-the-taliban\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\">Ashraf Ghani<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/05\/30\/why-should-the-us-stay-in-afghanistan-the-commander-of-coalition-forces-offers-his-views-as-he-departs\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/28115363899_8d241a916c_k.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Why should the US stay in Afghanistan? Here\u2019s what the top commander there said.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">US forces needed to further suppress militant groups, realize Afghan gains, Nicholson said.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe will adhere to the wishes of Afghanistan for the country to enjoy a peaceful end to the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, and support the search for an end to the conflict,\u201d said <a href=\"http:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/05\/30\/why-should-the-us-stay-in-afghanistan-the-commander-of-coalition-forces-offers-his-views-as-he-departs\/\">Gen. John Nicholson<\/a>, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan and the NATO-led Resolute Support commander.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The holiday would run from about June 12 through June 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <font><font> <\/font><\/font> <font><font>However, the ceasefire does not include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/01\/02\/top-us-commander-wants-more-aggressive-afghan-push-this-year\/\" title=\"\" data-original-title=\"\" aria-describedby=\"popover465915\">U.S. counterterrorism operations <\/a>in Afghanistan against the Islamic State<\/font><\/font> or other terror groups, Nicholson said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. decision came after Ghani said he would follow the decree of 3,000 Afghan religious scholars, the Ulema, calling for a cessation of hostilities between the Afghan government and the Taliban during the holiday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The development seems welcomed by many Afghanistan policy experts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jarrett Blanc, former acting special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JarrettBlanc\/status\/1004724168729022464\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">wrote <\/a>over Twitter that it is vital U.S. and NATO forces abide by the ceasefire, using the exception to strike other terror groups \u201cas narrowly as possible, and ideally not at all.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI endorse this tweet by my former colleague,\u201d Barnett Rubin, a leading expert on Afghanistan and South Asia at New York University, said in a message to Military Times.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe U.S. cannot avoid direct negotiations with Taliban if it wants a political solution,\u201d Rubin said. \u201cThis could be a way to back into them through a process led by the Afghan [government].\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blanc explained over Twitter that the Afghan government has always insisted the Taliban negotiate directly with them. Meanwhile, the Taliban have always insisted that negotiations should first start between the Taliban and the United States \u2014 as it is international forces that do the most damage to Taliban fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEven if the U.S. rigorously adheres to this brief cease fire, the Taliban will still (reasonably) doubt Government of Afghanistan control,\u201d Blanc wrote. \u201cIf the U.S. is cute about adherence, the Taliban will be entirely, maybe permanently convinced of the pointlessness of negotiating with Kabul.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Regardless of where the peace process starts, it must include the United States in some way, according to Blanc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOne point to remember: even if the Taliban and Kabul do start talking, the U.S. has security requirements that can only \u2014 only \u2014 be addressed in direct negotiations with the Taliban,\u201d he wrote. \u201cOur [counter-terrorism] demands in any peace process can not be outsourced to Kabul.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">5\/ Even if the US rigorously adheres to this brief cease fire, the Taliban will still (reasonably) doubt Government of Afghanistan control. 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