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Pakistan, local Taliban agree on a complete ceasefire, says information minister
Armed Pakistani militants loyal to Mullah Fazlullah stand at a police station at Matta in Swat district, 06 November 2007. Fazlullah was elected Pakistan Talibans new leader today. u00e2u20acu201d AFP pic
Monday, 08 Nov 2021 10:53 PM MYT

ISLAMABAD, Nov 8 — Pakistan’s government has reached an agreement on a "complete ceasefire” with Taliban militants in the country, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said today.

He said authorities in neighbouring Taliban-controlled Afghanistan had facilitated the talks.

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"The ceasefire will keep on extending with the progress in the negotiations,” Chaudhry said in a statement. — Reuters

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