Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Wednesday he was ready to extend ceasefire by one year if the Taliban accept the offer.

The Taliban will reconsider reumption of fighting after end of their three-day Eid ceasefire, the Afghan government said Tuesday.

Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah on Tuesday called on the Taliban to begin peace talks with the government.

Uzbekistan said it had invited the government of neighboring Afghanistan and the Taliban to take part in direct peace talks on its territory after both sides announced ceasefires over the Eid holiday.

Taliban has claimed responsibility for killing an acting district governor in Afghanistan's eastern province of Nangarhar on Monday.

Afghan peace convoy arrived in capital Kabul on Monday after walking hundreds of kilometers to demand end to the 17-year conflict.

Taliban will act against its members who took pictures with Afghan forces and officials during the three-day Eid ceasefire, it was reported Monday.

Afghan security forces and Taliban members met with each other with smile as they celebrated an unprecedented ceasefire during Eid.

The World Bank has committed $460.6 million to develop an economic corridor between Afghanistan and Pakistan along the Khyber Pass.

President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan has confirmed that Pakistan's most-wanted  militant, Mullah Fazlullah, has been killed.