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The Colombian government and dissidents of the FARC guerrilla group that signed a 2016 peace pact, start talks with a view to demobilizing some 3,500 fighters and putting an end, once and for all, to their armed insurgency. The parties have also agreed to observe a bilateral ceasefire until January 15, according to the defense ministry. Negotiations between the government of President Gustavo Petro and leaders of the so-called Central General Staff (EMC) kick off in Tibu in the country's northeast, an area surrounded by drug crops and hard-hit by the ongoing violence. IMAGES
Bogota, May 18 (EFE).- A former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) leader, Jesús Santrich, has been killed in Venezuela, his dissident group said Tuesday.(Camera: ARCHIVE)ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF FORMER FARC LEADER JESÚS SANTRICH.
Bogata, Nov 3 (EFE).- Former FARC guerrillas held a cultural day and business fair Tuesday in Bogota’s Plaza de Bolivar, expressing their rejection of violence that has claimed the lives of 236 of them since the peace agreement was signed in November 2016.Ex-guerrillas gathered in the eve at the square dressed in white and with flags with the inscription "For life, for peace," as well as with posters with which they remembered those who have died and asked for guarantees for their reinstatement.On a platform located a few meters from the entrance of the country’s Capitol, members of the Common Revolutionary Alternative Force (FARC) hung another sign in which they told Colombian President Ivan Duque "We did not sign the peace to be assassinated." (Camera: JUAN DIEGO LOPEZ). SHOT LIST: A CULTURAL DAY AND BUSINESS FAIR IN PLAZA DE BOLIVAR, BOGOTA, COLOMBIA.
Bogota, Nov 1 (EFE).- Former guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) gathered Sunday at the Bolivar Square, in the center of Bogota, to demand that the government fully comply with the peace agreement and stop the murders of those who laid down their arms four years ago. (Camera: JUAN DIEGO LOPEZ). SHOT LIST: FORMER FARC GUERILLAS GATHER AT BOLIVAR SQUARE, BOGOTA, COLOMBIA.SOUND BITE: JULIAN GALLO CUBILLOS, SENATOR OF FARC PARTY.TRANSLATION: What we intend to do is to raise awareness among the Colombian society. We want to raise awareness among the people in this country and of course to also draw attention of the national government and the State because to date, 236 ex-guerrillas who had signed the peace agreement have been assassinated.
Kabul, Feb 15 (EFE).- At least eight civilians, including a child, have been killed in an airstrike that targeted Taliban militants in eastern Afghanistan, government officials said on Saturday, amid a breakthrough in peace talks between the United States and the insurgent group.The air raid was carried out on Friday afternoon in the eastern province of Nangarhar. (Camera: GHULAMULLAH HABIBI).FOOTAGE SHOWS THE AFTERMATH OF THE AIR RAID IN NANGARHAR, AFGHANISTAN.