(8 Dec 2008)
1. Wide of Kabul city
2. Mid of Afghan President Hamid Karzai reviewing a guard of honour to mark festival of Eid al-Adha
3. Close-up of palace guard
4. Wide of guard of honour
5. Karzai entering tent where officials are gathered
6. Wide of Karzai
7. SOUNDBITE: (Dari) Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan:
"I ask all those who are fighting against their country, against their homeland, against their people, bombing people, those who are occupied with the deceits of foreigners, I hope and request that they will come back to their country and take part in the reconstruction, making the prosperity, peace and happiness of their people and country and help us."
8. Wide of Eid Gah mosque, large mosque in downtown area
9. Shift focus of mosque through fence
10. Various of men praying
11. Various of slaughtering of animals
12. Mid of sheep
STORYLINE:
Muslims in Afghanistan celebrated the festival of Eid al-Adha or the "Feast of the Sacrifice" on Monday, as President Hamid Karzai renewed his call to Taliban militants to join in helping their countrymen rebuild the nation.
Speaking to a gathering of officials inside the Presidential Palace, Karzai called on insurgents to take part in the process of reconstructing the country shattered by almost 30 years of conflict.
The Eid festival is regarded as the most important feast in the Islamic calendar.
It commemorates God's gift of a ram to Abraham as a substitute sacrifice for his son - a central story in Islam, Judaism and Christianity.
Traditionally, Muslim families slaughter a goat or sheep, and invite friends and relatives to their houses to celebrate the three-day feast.
In a statement posted on Sunday on a militant-linked Web site, fugitive Taliban leader Mullah Omar is promising more violence over the coming year, even as the US plans to deploy thousands more troops in hopes of turning around the deteriorating war in Afghanistan.
Omar also rejected President Hamid Karzai's calls for peace talks until foreign troops leave the country.
Afghanistan is going through its most violent period since the Taliban was ousted in the US-led invasion in 2001.
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