AYBAK, July 20, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Taliban fighters attend a surrender ceremony in Dara-e-Suf Payan district of Samangan province, Afghanistan, July 19, 2016. A total of 260 Taliban militants gave up fighting in the northern Samangan province and handed over their weapons to local authorities on Tuesday, provincial police chief Mohammad Baqir Masoud said. (Xinhua/Yaqoub Azorda)