Ghani expresses readiness to observe ceasefire if Taliban does

Afghan PresidentMohammad Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday expressed his readiness to observe a ceasefireif the Taliban outfit also does.

“Thegovernment of Afghanistan is always ready to observe ceasefire but the Talibangroup isn’t,” President Ghani said in his message marking Eid-ul-Fitr, thesecond largest annual religious festival that marks the end of Ramadan, theMuslims holy fasting month ended on Tuesday.

   

Ghani alsosaid that the people of Afghanistan were hopeful that the Taliban group mayobserve ceasefire at least during the three-day festival, reported Xinhua newsagency.

The President also praised his securityforces’ fight against militants, saying the they were able to foil theanti-government insurgents’ vicious plans to destabilize the security and peaceprocess.TheTaliban outfit leader Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada in a message on Monday,once again rejected the offer for talks with the Afghan government and vowed tocontinue the war till the withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan.

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