Taliban declares 3-day ceasefire for Eid celebrations post Kabul school blasts ANI | Updated: May 10, 2021 06:29 IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 10 (ANI): Two days after a deadly bombing outside a school in Kabul claimed the lives of over 60 students, the Taliban on Monday announced that they would observe a three-day ceasefire for the festival of Eid.
Mohammad Naeem, a Taliban spokesperson, said that all Mujahideen have been instructed to halt all operations against the enemy countrywide. In order that the Mujahideen again provide a peaceful and secure atmosphere to our compatriots during Eid-ul-Fitr so that they may celebrate this joyous occasion with., he tweeted.
Taliban declares 3-day ceasefire for Eid
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10 May 2021, 11:18 GMT+10
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 10 (ANI): Two days after a deadly bombing outside a school in Kabul claimed the lives of over 60 students, the Taliban on Monday announced that they would observe a three-day ceasefire for the festival of Eid.
Mohammad Naeem, a Taliban spokesperson, said that all Mujahideen have been instructed to halt all operations against the enemy countrywide. In order that the Mujahideen again provide a peaceful and secure atmosphere to our compatriots during Eid-ul-Fitr so that they may celebrate this joyous occasion with., he tweeted. .a greater peace of mind, all Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate are instructed to halt all offensive operations against the enemy countrywide from the first till the third day of Eid, he said in another tweet.
Afghan President condemns Kabul bombing
10 May 2021, 05:55 GMT+10
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 10 (ANI): Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday condemned the terrorist attack on a school in Kabul and called for a national day of mourning in wake of the incident.
At least three explosions took place near Sayed-ul-Shuhada High School in the west of Kabul on Saturday afternoon.
As many as 63 people, all students, were killed in a Kabul school bombing and 150 more were wounded, TOLO News reported citing sources and relatives of victims.
Taking to Twitter, Deputy Interior Minister Sediq Sediqqi said that Ghani has asked the Taliban to abandon the killings of innocent Afghans.