Save the Children Issues Statement on U.S.-Afghanistan Peace Agreement
March 02, 2020
March 02, 2020
FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, March 2 -- Save the Children issued the following statement by Country Director in Afghanistan Onno van Manen on the reports that the U.S. government and the Afghan Taliban have signed an agreement to reduce hostilities:
"Afghan children have been waiting decades for peace. Save the Children welcomes any sustained reduction in violence, but we also urge caution. The work is far from done and the real test will be intra-Afghan negotiations between the Tal . . .
"Afghan children have been waiting decades for peace. Save the Children welcomes any sustained reduction in violence, but we also urge caution. The work is far from done and the real test will be intra-Afghan negotiations between the Tal . . .