Lagatar24 Desk
Islamabad, Nov 9: The Pakistan government and banned terror group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have agreed on a month-long ceasefire starting from Tuesday.
The ceasefire could be extended with the consent of the parties involved, said the TTP spokesperson Muhammad Khurasani.
According to TTP, the Afghanistan Taliban are playing the role of a mediator in the negotiation process. TTP also said that the group has agreed to set up negotiating committees, which will try to move forward with the next course of action as well as the negotiation process on the demands of the parties.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Imran Khan earlier in October had stated that his government is in talks with the banned terror group.
“There are different groups which form the TTP and some of them want to talk to our government for peace. So, we are in talks with them. It’s a reconciliation process”, Imran Khan had said last month.
Notably, the TTP, commonly known as the Pakistani Taliban, is a banned terrorist organization based along the Afghan-Pakistan border and has been active in several parts of Pakistan since 2007. TTP is responsible for carrying out several attacks and blasts in the country which killed thousands of people. The government is now trying to use the influence of the Afghan Taliban over the TTP to reach a peace deal and end violence.
