KABUL
The Afghan Taliban have rejected Afghanistan's Ulema council (clerics' council) proposal of a cease-fire for the month of Ramadan, urging to intensify their attacks in what it called a holy war.
The clerics' council had proposed to Taliban insurgents a month-long cease-fire in order to respect the holy month of Ramadan.
The Taliban group, on its official website, rejected the offer, emphasizing instead on an intensifying of attacks.
According to a member of the clerics' council, Mawlawi Shahzada Shaheed, the cease-fire proposal was sent four days ago.
“Afghanistan`s Islamic Clerics Council has proposed both sides of the conflict, the Afghan government and the Taliban group to stop fighting during Ramadan,” Shaheed told Anadolu Agency on Monday. “Let the Afghan people to conduct their worships without concern and spent Ramadan in peaceful sphere.”
The Taliban group usually denounces the Afghan Cleric Council, calling it a supporter of governmental policies.
This comes as an Afghan delegation has traveled Monday to reportedly meet Taliban representatives for informal talks in Norway.
Jawed Faisal, spokesman for Afghanistan's chief executive officer, told Anadolu Agency that the Afghan delegation led by the deputy Chief Executive Officer Mohammad Mohaqiq would attend the two-day conference entitled Oslo Forum.
The Oslo Forum conference will be held on Wednesday and Thursday in Norway's capital.
