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Afghan authorities free hundreds more Taliban prisoners, as calls grow for the militants to extend a historic ceasefire on its third and final day. The government said it planned to release about 900 Taliban prisoners today across Afghanistan, approximately 600 of them from the notorious Bagram jail near Kabul, as part of its pledge to free up to 2,000 insurgent prisoners in response to the ceasefire offer. IMAGES
Julian Assange's lawyer Jen Robinson hails a "historic day" as the WikiLeaks founder is freed by a US court in a landmark plea deal. SOUNDBITE
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai says that Taliban rule in Afghanistan has made "girlhood illegal", in her keynote speech at an event held by the Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg to commemorate the anti-apartheid icon. “The Taliban have made girlhood illegal and it is taking a toll,” she says. IMAGES
A bus carrying freed Palestinian prisoners arrives in Beitunia in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Israel's prison authority said that 33 Palestinian prisoners had been released "during the night" under the terms of a truce deal that returned hostages from the Gaza Strip. IMAGES
A bus carrying freed Palestinian prisoners arrives in Beitunia in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Israel's prison authority said that 33 Palestinian prisoners had been released "during the night" under the terms of a truce deal that returned hostages from the Gaza Strip. IMAGES
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