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The Kurdistan Workers Party which has waged an armed insurgency against the Turkish state since 1984, announced it will disband and end its armed struggle, Firat news reported The agency cited a statement issued at the conclusion of the PKK’s 12th Congress, held last week in northern Iraq, where the group is headquartered”The PKK 12th Congress decided to dissolve the PKK’s organizational structure and end the armed struggle,” the group said in its closing declarationThe announcement follows a February call from the PKK’s jailed founder Abdullah Ocalan, who has been imprisoned on an island near Istanbul since 1999 ğan 0:00 INTRO 6:26 WHAT DOES DISARMAMENT MEAN FOR ERBIL AND BAGHDAD?n18oc_world n18oc_crux
