Delhi, India

According to reports, Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani is reaching out to the Taliban once again and seeks the ceasefire to be extended. Ghani is willing to talk to the Taliban without any conditions and is ready to discuss the withdrawal of foreign troops, reports suggest. 

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Ghani is reported to have met the Helmand peace marchers outside the Kabul palace and urged them to locate the Taliban leaders. The Afghan president also met with political and jihadi leaders earlier today including former Afghan President Hamid Karzai. He was lauded for initiating peace and ceasefire. 

Taliban, on the other hand, has rejected an extension of the three-day Ramzan ceasefire. In a statement marking the end of their ceasefire on Sunday, the Taliban said the organisation was unified and called on "the invading American party" to "sit directly for dialogue with the Islamic Emirate to find a solution for the ongoing imbroglio".

Meanwhile, prospects have risen for negotiations between the Taliban and the United States after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani called a ceasefire and allowed militants to roam into cities in a gamble to encourage peace talks.

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The Taliban, ousted from power in 2001 by US-led troops, insist that any negotiations with what it calls the "puppet" Afghan government on a peace plan can begin only after talks with the United States about withdrawing foreign forces, Reuters reported.