Ghani calls on Taliban to end violence

Speaking at a virtual meeting held with members of the Non-Aligned Movement Contact Group on Monday afternoon, May 04, President Ashraf Ghani said that the ongoing conflict has put a negative impact on government efforts in the fight against the pandemic coronavirus.

The statement by Afghan president comes while the Taliban have ramped up their military campaign since April 01. Nearly 60 Afghan security forces have lost their lives in multiple Taliban attacks carried out between April 01 and May 04. At least five Afghan security forces were killed when their outpost was detonated by a Taliban car bomb in Nahr-e-Siraj district of the southern Helmand province on Sunday, May 04.