Taliban agrees to unprecedented Eid ceasefire with Afghan forces

It is the first time in nearly 17 years of conflict that the militants have declared a ceasefire. [File, AFP]

The Taliban announced its first ceasefire in Afghanistan since the 2001 US invasion on Saturday, with a three-day halt in hostilities against the country's security forces that was greeted with relief by war-weary Afghans.

But the group warned the suspension of fighting for the first three days of Eid, the holiday that caps off Ramadan, did not extend to "foreign occupiers", who would continue to be targeted by the militants.