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The Taliban claimed responsibility for an attack that killed at least 14 Afghan soldiers on Monday, diminishing hopes for a nationwide ceasefire proposed by the US government.
The insurgents attacked a checkpoint in the northern Jawzjan province, the province’s spokesman Abdul Marouf Azar said by phone. Five soldiers were wounded and two soldiers are missing, he said.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahed claimed responsibility, and added that the leadership of the Taliban is yet to decide whether to accept the proposed ceasefire.
The US and Taliban are holding talks. A temporary ceasefire would offer a window in which the two sides could sign a peace accord and end the 18-year war in Afghanistan.