{"id":5986,"date":"2018-06-09T14:36:38","date_gmt":"2018-06-09T14:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/5986-taliban-agree-to-ceasefire-with-afghan-forces-for-eid-al-fitr\/"},"modified":"2018-06-09T14:36:38","modified_gmt":"2018-06-09T14:36:38","slug":"taliban-agree-to-ceasefire-with-afghan-forces-for-eid-al-fitr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/5986-taliban-agree-to-ceasefire-with-afghan-forces-for-eid-al-fitr\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban agree to ceasefire with Afghan forces for Eid al-Fitr"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Taliban terrorist organization have agreed to a ceasefire with the Afghan government for Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>The Taliban terrorist organization have agreed to a ceasefire with the Afghan government for Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.<\/h4>\n<h4>The militant group announced in a statement on Saturday a three-day ceasefire with Afghan security forces for the Eid in the middle of June, following a truce deal already proposed by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.<\/h4>\n<h4>The ceasefire, the first offer of its kind, will begin either on Friday or Saturday, as Eid al-Fitr falls on one of these days.<\/h4>\n<h4>The Taliban said foreign forces would be excluded from the ceasefire and operations would continue against them, adding that they would &#8220;strongly defend&#8221; themselves against any attack.<\/h4>\n<h4>&#8220;Members of the Taliban should not participate in public gatherings during the Eid festivities because the enemy could target us,&#8221; the statement said.<\/h4>\n<h4>Ghani had declared an unconditional week-long ceasefire with the Taliban on Thursday, but the offer excluded Daesh and other terrorist outfits.<\/h4>\n<h4>The truce would last &#8220;from the 27th of Ramadan until the fifth day of Eid al-Fitr,&#8221; Ghani tweeted from an official account, indicating it could run from June 12 to 19.<\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Taliban terrorist organization have agreed to a ceasefire with the Afghan government for Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. \u00a0 The Taliban terrorist organization have agreed to a ceasefire with the Afghan government for Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":17189,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[43,883,44,516],"class_list":["post-5986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islam","tag-afghanistan","tag-eid-al-fitr","tag-taliban","tag-terrorists"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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