Afghan Government urges ceasefire with Taliban

Afghan Government urges ceasefire with Taliban
# 13 September 2020 05:32 (UTC +04:00)

The Afghan government has called for a humanitarian ceasefire with the Taliban, as the first-ever peace talks between the two sides began in Qatar, APA reports citing BBC.

Abdullah Abdullah, who led the government's delegation, stressed that there was "no winner through war".

The Taliban did not mention a truce, reiterating instead that Afghanistan should be under Islamic law.

The US encouraged both sides to reach an agreement, telling them: "The entire world wants you to succeed".

Afghanistan has seen four decades of conflict, with tens of thousands of civilians killed.

The historic talks began on Saturday, one day after the 19th anniversary of the deadly 9/11 al-Qaeda attacks in New York, that led to the US beginning military operations in Afghanistan.

#
#

THE OPERATION IS BEING PERFORMED