...the Pashtun equivalent of men...’s violence has increased by 50 percent in the past three months compared to three months before this period.
Based on the report, the peace talks in Doha are in a stalemate and that continued violence by the Taliban has been posing serious blows to the Afghan grinding of the peace processor.
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US officials have recently indicated that the Taliban is not fully meeting other commitments stipulated in or broadly part of the US-Taliban agreement—in particular those regarding counterterrorism guarantees and reduced Taliban violence—whose importance US officials have stressed repeatedly," said the report.
Quoting a bigwig in the Pentagon, the report states that if the Taliban failed to abide by its commitments in terms of fight against terrorism, in that scenario, the US’s decision about troops’ withdrawal from Afghanistan will be affected.
The senior US official has also said that continued support of Afghan National Security and Defense Forces (ANDSF) will be important in the post-peace era to save the Afghan government from collapse.
"Increase in violence threatens grinding of the peace processor and it also disappoints the international community and the Afghan people," said Sediq Sediqqi, front man to President Ashraf Ghani
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"The Taliban have recently increased violence against the people of Afghanistan and they are the main perpetrators of violence against the people," said Tariq Aryan, a front man for the Ministry of Interior.
SIGAR’s report states that Taliban’s violence drastically increased in Afghanistan during August, September and November.
Quoting Gen. Scott Miller, the commander of US and NATO
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forces in Afghanistan, the report said that increase in Taliban violence has been damaging the Afghan grinding of the peace processor.
"The Taliban’s main target is the Afghan people. The Taliban not only decreased their attacks, but they increased it in major cities and there are also changes in their war tactics," said Nilofar Ibrahimi, an MP.
"The Afghan government has the responsibility to ensure the security of its citizens and share the outcomes of its investigations about the killing of the civilians with the people," said Zabiullah Farhang, a front man to the Afghan Human Rights Commission.
On the civilian casualties, the report said: "RS reported 2,561 civilian casualties this quarter (July 1—September 30,2020), which included 876 deaths and 1,685 injuries. In line with the continued rise in violence, this quarter’s casualties increased by 43% compared to last quarter (April 1—June 30, 2020).104 Though casualties are typically high in the third quarter of any year, this quarter’s high figures are notable because they occurred during an ongoing grinding of the peace processor and despite Taliban commitments to reduce violence.105 Figure 3.28 on the previous page shows that while this quarter’s casualties are 36% lower than the especially high casualties seen during the same period last year, they are about the same level as the third quarter of 2018."
The report quotes the Department of Defense as saying the Taliban lowering violence levels "is a component of the Taliban’s broader commitments in the [U.S.-Taliban] agreement," although it does not appear in the published text."
The key Taliban commitment in the U.S.-Taliban agreement stipulates that the group will take specific actions relating to counterterrorism to "prevent any group or individual, including al Qaeda, from using the soil of Afghanistan to threaten the security of the United States and its allies.