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Pakistan, local Taliban agree on a complete ceasefire - minister

Reuters WORLD
Published November 08,2021
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Pakistan's government has reached an agreement on a "complete ceasefire" with Taliban militants in the country, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said on Monday.

He said authorities in neighbouring Taliban-controlled Afghanistan had facilitated the talks.

"The ceasefire will keep on extending with the progress in the negotiations," Chaudhry said in a statement.