Warring Afghan Factions Say Cease-fire Holding
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A renegade Afghan militia commander and a  spokesman for the governor of the western province of Herat  said on Wednesday their forces were honoring a cease-fire  brokered a day earlier by the U.S. envoy to Afghanistan.
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The western Afghan city of Herat was calm yesterday following bloody clashes between supporters of the powerful ousted governor and US and Afghan forces sent to keep the peace.
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US officials broker a truce between rival factions in the south-western Afghan city of Herat after heavy fighting.
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Fighting between rival factions in western Afghanistan killed three militiamen and injured another seven, officials said Tuesday, despite the presence of government and U.S. troops.
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QANDIL MOUNTAIN RANGE, Iraq -- A Kurdish guerrilla group declared a unilateral cease-fire yesterday in its more than 20-year fight for autonomy in Turkey's southeast, but said it would not immediately give up its weapons.
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Taliban militants declared a cease-fire in fighting with Pakistani forces, and the government said it was preparing for peace talks with al-Qaida-linked extremists.
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KABUL, Afghanistan Aug. 17, 2004  An Afghan warlord abandoned his gains in the country&#39;s latest burst of factional fighting Tuesday, after the United States brokered a cease-fire and sent warplanes circling overhead.
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Rivals in western Afghanistan agreed to a cease-fire last week after the arrival of the Afghan National Army.
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Factional violence raged in Gaza today between the rival Palestinian factions, Hamas and Fatah, despite a new cease-fire that was supposed to have come into effect at 11 a.m.
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The United States has brokered a  cease-fire between a renegade Afghan militia leader and the  embattled governor of the western province of Herat,  Washington's envoy to Kabul said Tuesday.
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VILNIUS/KABUL  - NATO struggled to maintain unity over the war in Afghanistan on Thursday after the United States raised concerns that some members were not willing to let their troops "fight and die" to achieve victory.
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The U.S. ambassador helped broker a cease-fire Tuesday to halt the latest bloody infighting in Afghanistan, persuading a warlord to pull away from a provincial capital as U.S. warplanes circled overhead.
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Taliban militants declared a cease-fire Wednesday in fighting with Pakistani forces, and the government said it was preparing for peace talks with al-Qaida-linked extremists in the lawless tribal area near the border with Afghanistan.
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NATO and Afghan forces used aircraft in clashes that left 14 militants dead, capping several days of intense fighting that killed more than 100 people and threatened efforts to stabilize southern Afghanistan.
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GAZA CITY -- Gaza's warring factions began to hold their fire yesterday as a truce took effect across the volatile territory and brought hopes for an end to the infighting that has left 36 people dead in five days.
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Palestinian militants signaled on Sunday  they would help maintain calm in Gaza for at least a month but  denied Israeli reports they had agreed to a cease-fire at the  behest of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
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KHARTOUM, Sudan  - A cease-fire in Sudan's Darfur  region is not holding, with reports of an aerial bombardment  and attacks by rebels, the United Nations said Wednesday.