TEHRAN (defapress) – The Taliban said they are ready for talks with the Afghan government after the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha at the end of July, offering to hand over the last of the government prisoners in a week's time, providing the government frees the last of its Taliban prisoner.

TEHRAN (defapress) - In a message honoring the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri referred to unity as the Islamic world’s pressing need in the current circumstances, calling for concerted action against terrorism.