...the Pashtun equivalent of men...violence has "increased" after they signed the peace deal with the United States last year in February and the group has maintained ties with al-Qaeda.
Of course they have.
According to the ministries of Defense and Interior Affairs, the Taliban has increased their attacks in the shape of planning car kabooms on military installations, roadside kabooms, magnetic IED explosions, assassinations of the security forces and The NSC front man Rahmatullah Andar said that 11 al-Qaeda members were arrested recently by Afghan forces and that "they were operating in the ranks of the Taliban."
"Three of those arrested are key members of the network," Andar said.
Afghan politicians said that assassinations and violence have increased in the country after the Doha agreement.
"The Taliban has not met their commitments to the United States. Even if there is no pressure on them in the future, the Taliban will not abide by any commitment and they will instead stress on their own demands," said Sayed Zahir Masroor, an MP.
A former Taliban member said that violence will cease when there is an agreement on an Islamic government.
"The peace negotiations are underway. The Taliban has said they will cease violence, or agree on a ceasefire, but all these are possible when there is an Islamic system," said Sayed Akbar Agha, a former Taliban commander.