Taliban announces 3-day ceasefire in Afghanistan: local media

KABUL, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Taliban outfit has announced a three-day ceasefire with the Afghan government during Eidul Fitr, the annual religious festival holidays, local media reported on Saturday.

The militant group, in a statement issued Saturday, according to 1TV television channel, ordered its fighters not to target Afghan security forces during Eidul Fitr holidays which begin at the end of Muslim holy fasting month Ramadan, which probably falls on Thursday or Friday depending on sighting moon.

However, Taliban in its statement excluded foreign forces stationed in Afghanistan and said the militants would attack the foreign soldiers stationed in the war-battered country.