Kabul June 30 (IANS) Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani announced that the security forces would resume operations against the Taliban after the government s ceasefire which began on June 12 ended on Saturday.
"The ceasefire has ended and our security and defence forces are allowed to continue operations " Ghani said in a press conference here on Saturday.
He added that the government would develop a political process along with security operations in order to back a peace agreement reports Efe news.
Ghani had already made an offer of dialogue in February without success and implemented a ceasefire in June which was unprecedented in the 17 years of conflict.
He said the government s ceasefire reciprocated by the Taliban for three days was a "controlled experiment" which showed that "most Talibans want peace" and are "tired of war".
The President said the government was ready for a peace process whenever the Taliban wanted and the people were in favour of a ceasefire.
"The nation showed that they are ready for reconciliation and this is the biggest achievement " Ghani said after the truce led to fighters from both sides visiting each other s territory.

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