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AFP: Kurdish rebels offer to disarm for rights in Turkey

"Kurdish rebels offer to disarm for rights in Turkey

(AFP) – 10 hours ago

LONDON — The leader of a separatist Kurdish rebel group which has been locked in a guerrilla war against Turkey has said his fighters will disarm if Ankara meets certain conditions, in a BBC interview Wednesday.

Murat Karayilan, leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), said he would order his rebels to lay down their weapons under United Nations supervision if Turkey agreed to a ceasefire and his demands."

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