Pakistan Welcomes Three-day Ceasefire In Afghanistan For Eid-ul-Azha

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Pakistan welcomes three-day ceasefire in Afghanistan for Eid-ul-Azha

Foreign Office says Pakistan believes that this is a positive development towards advancing the goal of a peace and stable Afghanistan, hoping that further steps will be taken to implement the US-Taliban Peace agreement leading to Intra-Afghan negotiations.

ISLAMABAD: (UrduPoint/Pakistan Point News-July 31st, 2020) Pakistan welcomed an announcement by Afghan Taliban for a three-day ceasefire on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha and a similar reciprocal statement by Afghan government here on Friday.

In a statement in Islamabad, Foreign Office said Pakistan believes that this is a positive development towards advancing the goal of a peaceful and stable Afghanistan, and hope that further steps will be taken to implement the US-Taliban Peace Agreement leading to Intra-Afghan negotiations.

The Foreign Office said Pakistan remains committed to a peaceful, stable, democratic, prosperous and united Afghanistan, at peace with itself and with its neighbours.

Prime Minister’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Muhammad Sadiq in a tweet has also welcomed the development.

Fida Hussnain

Fida Hussnain is a lahore based journalist. He writes on politics, religion, social issues and climate change. He is also a research fellow at University of Gujrat.