The head of the government's reconciliation commission, Sebghattullah Mujaddadi, formally announced the mass surrender at a ceremony in the capital Kabul.
The government says more than a thousand Taliban and members of the allied Hezb-e Islami movement have taken advantage of the amnesty since it was offered less than a year ago.
(Reuters, AFP)
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