Pakistan govt, TTP agree on month-long ceasefire

The TTP, generally often called the Pakistani Taliban, is a banned terrorist organisation primarily based alongside the Afghan-Pakistan border. Taliban border fighters participate in an train. (File photograph: AP/PTI)The Pakistan authorities and banned terror group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have agreed on a month-long ceasefire beginning Tuesday to additional talks for attaining lasting peace within the nation, in keeping with a press release.

Both events will honour the ceasefire interval, which could possibly be prolonged topic to the consent of the 2 sides, TTP spokesperson Muhammad Khurasani stated within the assertion.The TTP, generally often called the Pakistani Taliban, is a banned terrorist organisation primarily based alongside the Afghan-Pakistan border.It has been concerned in varied assaults in Pakistan for greater than a decade which killed hundreds of individuals and has reportedly been utilizing Afghan soil to plot terrorist assaults on this nation.The authorities is now attempting to make use of the affect of the Afghan Taliban over the TTP to achieve a peace deal and finish violence.The assertion stated that the TTP is an Islamic Jihadi Movement comprising Pakistani folks that has at all times saved the curiosity of the nation supreme. Nobody can deny the truth that talks are a part of wars.The TTP agreed to the formation of negotiation groups that may additional the peace course of in gentle of the calls for of each events.Last month, the federal government confronted criticism from politicians and victims of terrorism after Prime Minister Imran Khan revealed in an interview that his authorities was in talks with the TTP for “reconciliation” with the assistance of the Taliban in Afghanistan.Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid had defended the federal government’s transfer, saying the negotiations are for “good Taliban”.Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.