KABUL—Government officials in a western Afghan province said on July 15 that they had negotiated “an indefinite ceasefire” with the Taliban to prevent further attacks on the capital of the province. The move came after the terrorist group secured complete control over all the districts in Badghis Province, reflecting wider gains by the Taliban over territory and infrastructure in the weeks since President Joe Biden announced the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11. “Ten tribal elders had taken the responsibility of ceasefire, so they first talked to the Taliban, and then talked to the local government and both sides reached a ceasefire,” Badghis Provincial Gov. Husamuddin Shams told Reuters. The Taliban reached an agreement with the tribal elders to move to the outskirts of Qala-e-Naw, the capital of Badghis, Shams said. A spokesman for the Taliban denied that they had agreed to a ceasefire, but said they …