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Afghanistan
Taliban to cease fire in areas only affected by coronavirus: Mujahid
2020-04-03
[KhaamaPress] The Taliban
...Arabic for students...
group has said it would cease fire in areas which would be affected by the novel coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...
(COVID-19) in a bid to allow the medical teams provide healthcare services.

Zabiullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesperson, said in a Twitter post that the Taliban group would cease fire in the areas which are under the control of the group, provided that those areas areas are affected by coronavirus.

He also added that the move should not be interpreted as an act of ceasefire.

Mujahid made the remarks as efforts are underway to find a negotiated political settlement to end the war in Afghanistan.

Reduction in violence was among the main conditions included in the U.S.-Taliban peace deal which was signed late in the month of February.

However,
nothing needs reforming like other people's bad habits...
the latest trend shows that the Taliban group has not only reduced violence but is attempting to carry out coordinated attacks in the remote areas of the country despite the Afghan forces are in a full defense posture.
Tolo News adds:
However,
the man who has no enemies isn't anybody and has never done anything...
a Western security source told TOLOnews last week that already attacks--from all sides in the conflict--are occurring in many areas where coronovirus cases have been reported, notably in Herat
...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns...
, which has the most cases of confirmed COVID-19, due to the province's proximity to Iran, the regional epicenter for the virus.
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Posted by:trailing wife

#1  Kind of amazed both sides don't start convincing infected to travel into enemy territory.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2020-04-03 10:12  

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