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After Ceasefire, Taliban Average '30 Attacks Per Day': Sources
[ToloNews] The Taliban ...mindless ferocity in a turban...initiated on average 30 attacks on the Afghan cops each day after the Eid-ul-Fitr ceasefire, sources within the Afghan government said on Thursday amid persistent calls by the international community for the Taliban to extend the ceasefire. Initially, there was hope that the Eid ceasefire would be extended to help facilitate the intra-Afghan talks. According to the sources, the Afghan forces also suffered casualties as a result of these attacks. Violence has sky-rocketed following the US-Taliban agreement signed in late February in Doha, but in an unexpected move, the Taliban on Saturday (May 22) announced a three-day ceasefire with the Afghan government on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. In response, President Ashraf Ghani ...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money... on the following day pledged to release 2,000 more Taliban prisoners and to focus on furthering peace efforts. The Afghan government has been pressing the Taliban to abandon further violence to help pave the way for intra-Afghan talks. The Afghan government so far has not provided any details about the exact numbers of casualties among Afghan forces after the ceasefire. "A significant reduction of violence or a ceasefire will help us to proceed with the next steps, which include the start of direct negotiations between the Afghan government and the Taliban," said Sediq Sediqqi, a front man to President Ashraf Ghani. In the latest incident, the Taliban launched an attack on government forces’ checkpoints in the Hesarak district of eastern Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. province. "The armed opponents initiated a group attack on the checkpoints that resulted in the martyrdom of three local police personnel and the injury of another," said Attaullah Khogyani, a front man for Nangarhar governor. "There is war in Pashtun-infested Logar every moment," said Nafisa Hejran, a member of Pashtun-infested Logar's provincial council. Experts believe that the continuation of violence and war could put the process of the prisoners' swap and grinding of the peace processor into jeopardy. "If the ceasefire is broken by either side, this will be a serious blow to the grinding of the peace processor," said Mir Haidar Afzali, the head of the Afghan parliament’s defense commission. On Wednesday, May 27, the day after Eid, the Afghan forces launched an air strike in the central province of Zabul, which, according to sources, targeted the bad boys. In retaliation, the Taliban also launched a series of attacks on parts of Farah, Parwan and Paktia province targeting Afghan forces. Posted by: trailing wife 2020-06-05 |
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