ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani Taliban said late Thursday they had indefinitely extended a ceasefire with the government in Islamabad, following two days of talks with a delegation of Pakistani tribal elders that were hosted by the Afghan Taliban.
According to Mohammad Khurasani, a spokesman for the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan group or TTP, the decision was made after “substantial progress” in the talks with the 50-member team of elders.
He did not elaborate and there was no immediate confirmation from the Pakistani government about the extension of the truce.