KABUL - Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah has said the Taliban group should positively respond to the calls of the government and nation for peace.
In a statement released in support of the Helmand sit-in, Abdullah said the government supports the initiative by the Helmand youths for peace process.
Abdullah further added that the government has announced a comprehensive offer regarding peace process to Taliban and it is necessary that group should respond positively to government and nation’s call for peace and end the conflict.
He also added that the Afghans suffer the most in the ongoing war in Afghanistan but the foreign receive the most benefit of it.
This comes as the youths in southern Helmand province launched a sit-in in response to the growing violence in Afghanistan.
The participants of the sit-in have called on the government and the Taliban group to reach to an agreement for a ceasefire and start negotiations for peace process.
The Taliban group has so far rejected to participate in form of peace direct talks with the Afghan government and has in the insisted that the group will only hold talks with the United States. (KP)