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Kabul, June 20 (TNS): The senior officials of Afghanistan, who interacted with Taliban members during the Eid-ul-Fitr ceasefire said, many of them admitted they were tired of the war and would like peace.<\/p>\n
Over 30,000 Taliban fighters entered cities, towns, and villages during the three-day ceasefire and some of them, have not returned to the battlefields.<\/p>\n
“There was excitement when elders and Taliban leaders who attended a gathering were seen to be tired of war and they (Taliban) hoped to deliver their messages and demands to their elders so that efforts should be made for a lasting peace,” Tolo News quoted the governor of Nangarhar, Hayatullah Hayat as saying.<\/p>\n
“We are very tired. We are tired even if it was Jihad or service to the homeland or fight against foreigners. We are really tired of it,” a Taliban commander, Hazratullah said.<\/p>\n
According to the Afghan Defense Ministry, the Taliban has resumed their fight in some provinces, but the level of violence has decreased since the successful Eid truce.<\/p>\n
This comes after Ghani extended the Afghan government’s unilateral ceasefire with the Taliban for another 10 days.<\/p>\n
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on June 16 announced an extension of the government’s week-long ceasefire with the Taliban, which was otherwise due to end on June 19, urging the Taliban to extend their three-day ceasefire.<\/p>\n
This came in the backdrop of an initial truce which was observed by both sides over the Eid festival period.<\/p>\n
The Taliban on June 9 announced a three-day ceasefire over the Eid holiday, two days after Ghani announced the ceasefire from the 27th of Ramzan (June 12) to the fifth day of Eid-ul-Fitr (June 19).<\/p>\n
It is the first time the Taliban has agreed to a ceasefire for Eid since the US invasion in 2001.<\/p>\n
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