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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.
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
The White House welcomes an agreement to extend a truce between Israel and Hamas by two days. "We would of course hope to see the pause extended further, and that will depend upon Hamas continuing to release hostages," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, addressing the UN Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, urges an "immediate humanitarian ceasefire" to bring relief to civilians in Gaza. SOUNDBITE
Sudanese worshippers attend prayers of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at al-Hara al-Rabaa mosque in Khartoum's twin city Omdourman. Sudan's warring forces battled for the seventh day with heavy gunfire and explosions, as they ignored appeals by world powers for an end-of-Ramadan ceasefire. IMAGES
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