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The Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK), the insurgent group which has been in conflict with the Turkish state for more than 40 years, said it would disband in a historic move with major political and security implications for the region.
The PKK decided to “end the armed struggle”, according to pro-Kurdish news agency ANF, which published on Monday the closing statement of a PKK congress held in Iraq last week. The group had declared a ceasefire on March 1.
The PKK, which is designated a terrorist group by Turkey and its western allies, has been linked with US-backed Kurdish forces in Syria. Its decision could ease tensions between Turkey and the US over power-sharing arrangements in Syria.
More than 40,000 people have been killed in the conflict since the PKK launched its insurgency in 1984.
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