Afghanistan announces Muslim Eid holiday ceasefire with Taliban
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani announced a ceasefire with Taliban insurgents from Monday to mark the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday, days after fighting in the central city of Ghazni and a northern province. Taliban sources said their leaders had also provisionally agreed a four-day truce during the annual Islamic feast of sacrifice, though supreme leader Sheikh Haibatullah Akhunzada still had to give his final approval. The militant movement said it would free hundreds of prisoners, without going into further details. Fighting has been mounting ...
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