KABUL Ecco Soft 8 UK Sale , Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- Afghanistan marked on Saturday the 16th anniversary of martyrdom of National Hero Ahmad Shah Massoud to pay tribute to all those who had lost their lives in the war against invasion of the former Soviet Union and the Taliban onslaught.
Saturday also marked the start of Hafta-e-Shaheed or Martyrs Week as several official gatherings were held across the country to commemorate the week.
The late Massoud had got international fame for offering stiff resistance against the invasion of former Soviet Union in the 1980s and blocking Taliban onslaught in the 1990s to capture the whole Afghanistan.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in his message described Massoud as a great freedom fighter and national hero of the country, besides lauding his resistance against foreign invasions.
Although there is no official number of Afghans killed in the war against the erstwhile Soviet Union and the Taliban Ecco Intrinsic UK Sale , but more than 2 million Afghans were believed to be killed in the wars in Afghanistan over the past more than three decades.
Afghans from all walks of life also visited the tomb of Massoud in eastern Panjshir province Saturday and paid homage to his services and sacrifices rendered for the freedom of their country.
Earlier in the day, Afghan government Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah laid wreath to the Resistance Monument in Massoud Square in Kabul to honor the sacrifices of the national hero while Afghan teenagers and youths marched by cars and bikes through the streets of Kabul carrying national flags and photos of Massoud.
Massoud was killed in a suicide attack by two terrorists who disguised themselves as journalists during an interview in Afghanistan's northern Takhar province on Sept. 9 Ecco Moc Tie UK Sale , 2001.
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PYONGYANG， May 21 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Saturday sent a notice to South Korea offering to hold talks between the military authorities of the two sides to "defuse military tension" on the Korean Peninsula， the state media KCNA reported.
The National Defense Commission of the DPRK proposed to its South Korean counterpart a working-level contact for the talks between the militaries "at the date and place both sides deem convenient in late May or early June，" the KCNA reported.
The talks aims to defuse military tensions， create a confidence-building atmosphere and prevent war， it said.
"We think that it is necessary for the military authorities to discuss in an honest and candid manner the outstanding issues related to any possible military conflict and agree on and implement institutional and legal measures essential for taking practical steps for building confidence between the militaries，" the KCNA quoted the notice as saying.
While delivering the work report of the Central Committee of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) at the party's seventh Congress on May 6-9， the DPRK's top leader Kim Jong Un proposed that the two sides on the Korean Peninsula hold talks at all levels to remove misunderstanding and distrust.
But Seoul has turned down the offer， saying the proposal lacked sincerity.
The DPRK's proposal "is merely its propaganda drive with no sincerity as it speaks of inter-Korean dialogue while continuing to develop a nuclear arsenal，" the Unification Ministry of South Korea said.
Meanwhile， Seoul has urged Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons program， saying that it sees the Korean Peninsula denuclearization as the premise of peace talks between the two sides.
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SEOUL， May 21 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has offered to South Korea holding a working-level contact for inter-Korean talks between military authorities as early as late May， a state-run DPRK broadcaster reported on Saturday.
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