KABUL – Afghan government spokesperson Sediq Sediqqi has said that theAfghan people and the government reject the proposed “reduction inviolence” by the Afghan Taliban as an “ambiguous term with no legal ormilitary parameters”, reported *Al Jazeeralink*.

“Any suggestion the Taliban have shared with the US must include ceasefireas it is the demand of our people,” Sediqqi said while addressing a newsconference in Kabul on Saturday.

Sediqqi said talks are underway between US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad’steam and the Taliban negotiators, but there had been “no progress so far,”referring specifically to discussions about a ceasefire or reduction inviolence, *TOLOlink*newsreported.

The spokesperson said that ending the war and bringing peace to the countryare priorities of the government of Afghanistan and “the president and thepeople of Afghanistan have always insisted on a ceasefire.”

Sediqqi reiterated that the people should see a ceasefire because it is the”most important demand of Afghans.”