Taliban reportedly vows three-month truce if 7,000 inmates released, group removed from UN blacklist

Taliban reportedly vows three-month truce if 7,000 inmates released, group removed from UN blacklist
# 15 July 2021 11:25 (UTC +04:00)

The Taliban will announce a three-month ceasefire if its 7,000 inmates are released and the militant group is removed from a UN terrorism blacklist, the Afghan television channel 1TV News has cited Taliban spokesman Nader Naderi as saying, APA reports citing Sputnik.

The announcement comes a few days after CNN reported that at least 22 commandos from an Afghan Special Forces unit were executed by Taliban militants in the town of town of Dawlat Abad in Faryab Province on 16 June.

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