The Presidential Palace in a statement received by Pajhwok Afghan News said the Taliban announced their offensive at a time when the Afghan government had accelerated its efforts for peace to end the ‘imposed’ war on the Afghans.
“Taliban insist to prolonging the conflict in Afghanistan whereas Afghan Ulema have declared the war as illegal and seditious, and have demanded the Taliban cease their unwarranted violence. Afghan and international Ulema have persistently declared the war as illegitimate . . .
