Quetta (Pakistan), December 6, 2001.
One of the Pashtun tribal forces fighting the Taliban near their last stronghold of Kandahar announced an immediate ceasefire today following talks on a peaceful handover of the city, a spokesman said.
"We have actually proclaimed a ceasefire today," Khalid Pashtoon, spokesman for a Pashtun tribal army led by former Kandahar Governor Gul Agha, told Reuters.
"Today we did not go forward to fight (because of the talks)," he said on the telephone.
Gul Agha’s fighters had been trying to dislodge Taliban forces entrenched in Kandahar airport to the south of the city, the birthplace and last bastion of the hardline militia. Reuters
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