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Pakistan Taliban extends ceasefire until April 10

Peshawar: The Pakistani Taliban today extended the ceasefire until April 10 and said it would decide later on the future course of action on peace talks with the government.The extension comes a day after the

PTI Updated on: April 04, 2014 18:41 IST


The page-long statement also said that the TTP wanted to clarify its position before the nation that it was serious about the talks but the response from the government had not encouraging.

It added that despite the fact the government's peace committee had met the Taliban leadership empty-handed, the Taliban had shown willingness to talk peace.  

The government had yesterday announced the release of 19 non-combatant Taliban.

The Interior Ministry said the it was the first large batch of people freed since the launch of military operation in South Waziristan in 2009.

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