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Kabul, Jul 20 (EFE/EPA).- The Afghan capital was hit by at least three rockets on Tuesday while people were offering prayers on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha, also known as "festival of the sacrifice," in an attack that the authorities have attributed to the Taliban.“Enemies of Afghanistan and terrorists carried out rocket attacks on Kabul city, based on initial information the three rockets landed in three separate areas and we have no casualties so far,” Interior Ministry Spokesperson Mirwais Stanekzai said in a statement. (Camera: JAWED KARGAR).B-ROLL OF THE AFTERMATH OF THE ATTACK IN KABUL, AFGHANISTAN.
Images show a picket line in front of UCL hospital in London as junior doctors begin a 3-day strike over pay at the start of a week that will also see teachers, train staff and civil servants walk out in the lastest of a wave of UK industrial action. The strike by junior doctors -- who are not senior specialists but can still have decades of experience -- is the longest they have ever staged. The British Medical Association, the body representing them, says junior doctors have suffered a 26% real-terms paycut since 2008/09 and are demanding a 35% wage hike to combat this. IMAGES
Kandahar, July 15 (EFE).- The Taliban have offered a three-month ceasefire in exchange for the release of 7,000 insurgent prisoners, the Afghan government said Thursday, amid sweeping territorial gains by the Islamist militia in the war-ravaged country.Nader Nadery, an Afghan government negotiator, told reporters that the Taliban had presented them a three-month ceasefire.(Camera: MUHAMMAD SADIQ)SHOT LIST: SECURITY IN THE STREETS OF KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN.
The United States welcomes a ceasefire by Taliban insurgents for the Eid al-Fitr holiday and urges a broader end to violence as Washington withdraws troops. "We do welcome this announcement and any move that allows the Afghan people a reprieve from violence. We urge the Taliban to extend the ceasefire," State Department spokesman Ned Price tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Nablus (West Bank), Aug 1 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Alaa Badarneh) The West Bank is celebrating Eid Al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice, amid a complete lockdown decreed by the Palestinian Executive due to an uncontrollable second wave of coronavirus.FOOTAGE OF NABLUS.