UN Envoy: Afghanistan is in Best Position for Peace Talks

The U.N. envoy for Afghanistan said Monday that the war-torn country is in its best position since 2001 to start the process leading to peace talks with the Taliban. Tadamichi Yamamoto told the U.N. Security Council that the road ahead will be most difficult, requiring "resilience and persistence.'' He said Afghan government efforts, "which we hope would be reciprocated by the Taliban,'' need to be reinforced by regional and other key countries - and by...

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