Afghan Taliban Have Refused To Extend The Eid Ceasefire. Fighting Has Resumed

Al Jazeera: Afghanistan: Taliban resume fighting as Eid ceasefire ends

Taliban announce they will resume fighting on Monday as the three-day ceasefire on Eid-al-Fitr comes to an end.

On the final day of a three-day Eid al-Fitr ceasefire, the Taliban said they would resume fighting, despite President Ashraf Ghani's announcement that the government was extending its own ceasefire with the group by 10 days.

In the statement on Sunday, the Taliban repeated their preconditions for peace talks, including that they would only negotiate directly with the US and that foreign forces should leave Afghanistan.

"Our fighters will now resume their operations across the country against the foreign invaders and their internal puppets," Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told Al Jazeera.

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WNU Editor: It looks like this ceasefire will only escalate the war. In the eyes of the Taliban, they now believe that the population supports them .... Eid ceasefire proved 'wide support' for Afghan Taliban, they say (Reuters).

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