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    A holiday cease-fire raises hopes for a fresh start at peace talks in Afghanistan

    by Shashank Bengali and Sultan Faizy, Los Angeles Times Jun 09, 2018 2 minutes

    KABUL, Afghanistan _The Taliban's announcement Saturday of a temporary cease-fire did more than offer hope in war-weary Afghanistan for a quiet Eid al-Fitr, one of the most important holidays in the Islamic year.

    It also added momentum - however tenuous - to efforts to start a peace process that could finally end nearly 17 years of fighting.

    Two days after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani declared an

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