{"id":50656,"date":"2018-07-01T18:07:13","date_gmt":"2018-07-01T18:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/07\/01\/afghan-president-orders-end-to-unilateral-ceasefire\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:23:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:23:35","slug":"afghan-president-orders-end-to-unilateral-ceasefire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/07\/01\/afghan-president-orders-end-to-unilateral-ceasefire\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghan president orders end to unilateral ceasefire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KABUL, Afghanistan \u2014 Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has announced the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/06\/20\/ceasefire-over-us-led-coalition-downplays-taliban-attack-that-killed-30-afghan-soldiers\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">end of the government\u2019s unilateral ceasefire<\/a> and ordered forces to restart their operations across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ghani said Saturday in a news conference that the government accepted the people\u2019s call for peace and now it is the Taliban\u2019s turn to take it into consideration.<\/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\/06\/07\/us-forces-to-honor-afghan-ceasefire\/\" 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=\"222\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4403332.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\">US forces to honor Afghan ceasefire<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The ceasefire would run in mid-June, the Afghan government 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\">The Taliban had independently observed a ceasefire to celebrate the Muslim holy day of Eid al-Fitr, which marked the end of the Islamic month of Ramadan. 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