The Taliban’s spokesman Mohammad Naeem has said that the group will notagree to a ceasefire unless the peace negotiators can discuss the maincause of the war in the country at the peace negotiating table.
He claimed that the Taliban has reduced the level of violence with thestart of the preliminary round of the talks.
He also claimed that the Afghan government has not halted its offensiveoperations.
“It does not make sense to end 20 years of war in one hour. In ourperspective, it will be logical to discuss the main aspects of the problemsand the war and then finalize a ceasefire so that the problem is resolvedpermanently,” Mohammad Naeem told TOLOnews’ Karim Amini in Doha.
“Suppose, if we announce a ceasefire today, but then we fail to reach anagreement at the negotiating table tomorrow, do we go toward the war again?What does this mean?” he said.
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He said that the Taliban wants the establishment of an Islamic system inwhich the values of people of the country are reflected.
“One of our objectives was to end the invasion of Afghanistan, the otherone was that there is a true Islamic system that is answerable to thepublic and the nation,” he said.
He said that the peace negotiation talks between Afghans will have some upsand downs. But said that he was optimistic about the outcome of talks.Source: TOLO News link
