KABUL – The Taliban has rejected the reports that they have made a decisionon a ceasefire for the upcoming Eid al-Fitr.
Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman of the group, said in a tweet that an audiomessage on social media about ceasefire is from the last year.
This comes few hours after former President Hamid Karzai said in astatement that he welcomes “ceasefire announcement” by the Taliban duringthree days of the upcoming Eid al-Fitr.
In this statement, Karzai called on the Afghan government to come up with asimilar act.
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Last year in June, the two sides agreed on a three-day ceasefire which waswidely welcomed by the Afghan people and Afghanistan’s internationalpartners.
