Afghan President Ashraf Ghani today (June 30, 2018) announced a formal end to his government's ceasefire with the Taliban and ordered security forces to resume operations against the terrorist group, according to the Al Jazeera website.
In a press conference today in Kabul, Ghani repeated an appeal to the Taliban to join a peace process after declaring an end to the 18-day government ceasefire.
"No one has the right to monopolize the peace process," Ghani said. "It is now the Taliban's decision, whether they want to keep killing or join the peace process."
In an unexpected move on June 5, Ghani announced an unconditional ceasefire with the Taliban, coinciding with the end of Ramadan. However, the Taliban ignored the ceasefire and continued to carry out several deadly terrorist attacks in Afghanistan.
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