PESHAWAR: Afghan Taliban break silence over the peace deal after series ofdeadly attacks across the country.
After a couple of deadly attacks in the last week, the Afghan Taliban saidthey would abide by the peace agreement reached with the United States inDoha on February 29.
Senior Taliban members said they would avoid targeting the Afghan securityforces and their installations in major cities and populated areas afterthey their ‘reduction in violence’ (RIV) pact with the Afghan governmentlast week, The News has reported.
They maintained that though they were not bound to spare the Afghansecurity forces and their installations, they had principally decided notto attack them in major cities and other populated areas.
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The statement comes after a series of attacks on Afghan forces last weekand an announcement by US expressing confidence in Taliban to deliver onthe landmark agreement to end the war.
“This is what we had committed in the peace accord that we would not carryout attacks in cities and other populated areas of Afghanistan. Also, wedecided not to attack even the Afghan forces in cities but would be free totarget them in rural areas,” said one senior Taliban leader.
