Taliban refuses to extend ceasefire in Afghanistan
Taliban denied extension of the three-day ceasefire in Afghanistan during which civilians, militants and soldiers celebrated the festival of Eid together. Previously, Afghan president Ashraf Ghani indefinitely extended the Afghan government’s ceasefire and requested that the militant group follows suit as well. Recently, the Taliban ordered their fighters not to enter major cities after an Islamic State suicide bombing killed 26 people and another Isis suicide attack killed 17.