{"id":4421,"date":"2021-05-11T08:32:09","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T08:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/?p=4421"},"modified":"2021-05-11T08:32:09","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T08:32:09","slug":"khalilzad-echoes-afghan-governments-call-for-permanent-truce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/2021\/05\/khalilzad-echoes-afghan-governments-call-for-permanent-truce\/","title":{"rendered":"Khalilzad echoes Afghan government\u2019s call for permanent truce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MONITORING (SW) \u2013 The top US peace broker for Afghanistan has echoed the Afghan government&#8217;s call for permanent truce following the Taliban&#8217;s declaration of a brief three-day ceasefire for the Eid al-Fitre.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a series of tweets, Zalmay Khalilzad, US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, welcomed the announcements by the Taliban and the Afghan government to observe an Eid ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut, Afghans deserve much more: a political settlement &amp; a permanent ceasefire. We therefore urge accelerated negotiations among Afghans on a political settlement and an end to this senseless war. This is what the Afghan people yearn for. The United States stands with them\u201d, he tweeted.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/2021\/04\/28\/khalilzad-says-negotiated-settlement-the-only-path-to-sustainable-stability-in-afghanistan\/\">Khalilzad says negotiated settlement the only path to sustainable stability in Afghanistan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/2021\/03\/06\/khalilzad-proposes-grand-conference-for-interim-government-in-afghanistan\/\">Khalilzad proposes \u2018grand conference\u2019 for interim government in Afghanistan<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Earlier on Monday, President Ashraf Ghani said the withdrawal of foreign troops leaves no reason for the Taliban to continue their deadly insurgency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cResorting to violence, killing civilians, destroying infrastructure, and attacking public places is wrong and illegal on any day, not just Eid days,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow that foreign forces are leaving Afghanistan, the Taliban have no religious reason to continue their war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Taliban had rejected government calls for a halt in fighting during the holy month of Ramadan but have announced a three-day cease-fire for the Eid al-Fitr festival coming this week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/swn.english\">Follow Us On Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SWN_English\">Follow Us On Twitter\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Abdullah Abdullah, the government\u2019s chief peace negotiator, welcomed the cease-fire announcement but stressed that the country desperately needs a permanent nationwide truce.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTemporary cease-fires on these occasions provide a brief opportunity for people to experience peace, but this is not a fundamental and permanent solution to the country\u2019s problems,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>ENDS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MONITORING (SW) \u2013 The top US peace broker for Afghanistan has echoed the Afghan government&#8217;s call for permanent truce following the Taliban&#8217;s declaration of a brief three-day ceasefire for the Eid al-Fitre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,18,5,4,6,7],"tags":[10,12,555],"class_list":["post-4421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security_","category-peace","category-politics_","category-news_","category-afghanistan","category-headline","tag-khalilzad","tag-afghanistan","tag-ceasefire"],"views":582,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}