At least 14 members of Afghanistan's security forces have been killed in a Taliban attack on a government compound in the north of the country.
That's despite reports suggesting that the group's ruling council had agreed to a ceasefire to help facilitate peace talks with the United States.
But as our Foreign Affairs editor Deborah Haynes reports, persuading fighters on the ground to drop their weapons won't be easy.
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