Afghan president expresses readiness to observe ceasefire if Taliban does

Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani inspects honor guards during the Eid al-Fitr prayer at the presidential palace in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, June 4, 2019. Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday expressed his government readiness to observe ceasefire if the Taliban outfit does. "The government of Afghanistan is always ready to observe ceasefire but the Taliban group isn't," President Ghani said in his message on Eid al-Fitr, the second largest annual religious festival that marks the end of Ramadan. (Xinhua)