Subject: Afghan Taliban say no fighting during Ramadan

 KABUL, Dec 9 (AFP) - Afghanistan's ruling Taliban said Thursday  they would not launch any fighting against opposition forces during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
The Taliban control Kabul and most of the country but are  battling opposition troops who hold two northeastern provinces and the Panjshir Valley, 100 kilometres (60 miles) north of the capital.
"We will not initiate fighting during Ramadan," said Mawlawi  Masoom Janan, head of the Taliban commission for crossline operations.
During Ramadan, which began Thursday in Afghanistan, Muslims are  forbidden from eating and drinking from dawn to dusk.
In a rare agreement the Taliban and opposition forces have  agreed to allow UN humanitarian convoys across the frontlines, 45 kilometres (30 miles) north of Kabul.
On Monday eight 15-tonne UN World Food Programme trucks crossed  to Gulbahar, at the mouth of the Panjshir, where wheat and clothes are being stored in an old German-run textile factory.
Twenty trucks crossed on Tuesday and another 12 trucks were due  to cross Thursday, said Isireli Dugu, the UN deputy field security officer in Afghanistan.
More crossings are expected on Friday and Saturday and  discussions between the two sides will continue to allow more trucks over the frontlines, he said.
"It is progressing well," he said.