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Kabul, May 13 (EFE/EPA).- Afghanistan began its Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations on Thursday free of gunshots and explosions that have become routine as the conflict escalated in recent months, after the government and the Taliban declared a three-day ceasefire for the most important festival for Muslims. (Camera: HEDAYATULLAH AMID)SHOT LIST: PRESIDENT MOHAMMAD ASHRAF GHANI ARRIVES AT THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE FOR EID PRAYERS IN KABUL, 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
Jalalabad, Mar 3 (EFE/EPA).- Afghan police on Wednesday said they had arrested a suspected Taliban militant, allegedly involved in the killing of three women TV anchors even as the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the murders a day ago.The three media workers were gunned down on Tuesday and buried this afternoon amid a pall of gloom and fear that has engulfed their friends and families in the eastern city of Jalalabad.“Police have arrested Qari Basir, the planner and attacker of the assault on the three employees of the Enikass Radio Television," Nangarhar police press office told EFE. (Camera: GHULAMULLAH HABIBI).SHOT LIST: B-ROLL OF THE HOSPITAL WHERE VICTIMS OF THE ATTACK RECEIVED TREATMENT ON MARCH 2 AND THE FUNERAL OF SADIA SADAT, ONE OF THE THREE AFGHAN JOURNALISTS OF ENIKASS RADIO TELEVISION NETWORK WHO WAS KILLED IN THE ATTACK.
US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad holds talks with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani after arriving in Kabul as part of a regional tour to push the peace process with the Taliban. On July 28, the Taliban insurgents and the Afghan government agreed on a temporary ceasefire, the third in nearly 19 years, over the Eid al-Adha Muslim festival. IMAGES of Zalmay Khalilzad, Ashraf Ghani and other officials
Dozens of Taliban prisoners are freed during a historic ceasefire in Afghanistan -- only the second in nearly 19 years of war -- as part of plans by authorities to release about 900 Taliban prisoners across the country. Of this, approximately 600 of them were set to be freed from the notorious Bagram jail near Kabul. IMAGES
Afghan authorities free hundreds more Taliban prisoners, as calls grow for the militants to extend a historic ceasefire on its third and final day. The government said it planned to release about 900 Taliban prisoners today across Afghanistan, approximately 600 of them from the notorious Bagram jail near Kabul, as part of its pledge to free up to 2,000 insurgent prisoners in response to the ceasefire offer. IMAGES
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