Afghans prepare for Eid, hope for peace Residents of Jalalabad, Afghanistan, come together to offer prayers for the upcoming Islamic festival of Eid-al-Adha. The key question looming over preparations is whether peace will come to Afghanistan, as the United States and the Taliban are widely believed to be in the final stretch of a push for a deal that would see America quit Afghanistan in return for various Taliban guarantees. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES