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| Afghan President Ashraf Ghani (Image: Wiki Commons) |
KABUL, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has toughens stance in the war on militants and vowed to root out Taliban and like-minded groups fighting in the war-plagued country.
"Since the Taliban and Haqqani network in harmony with other terrorist groups are fighting in Afghanistan to ensure each other's interests, therefore, it is our obligation to stand against them," president said in his speech at the joint session of Afghan parliament here on Monday.
He made the speech in parliament amid ongoing Taliban-led bloody insurgency and in the wake of the deadly attack in Kabul on April 19, which killed 64 people and injured 347 others, some in critical condition.
Taliban outfit claimed the responsibility and vowed to continue the war against government.
However, the president categorically clarified that his government's door is open for peace talks with those Taliban who renounce violence, severe ties with terrorists and accept Afghanistan's constitution.
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