NEW YORK: U.N. top envoy to Afghanistan has lauded the role of Pakistan in setting the stage for the peace process for Afghanistan.
Briefing the UN Security Council, UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Deborah Lyons welcomed the prospect of intra-Afghan talks, saying it is a historic moment.
She called for a humanitarian ceasefire in the country as the negotiating teams of Afghanistan and the Taliban prepare to sit in Doha for talks.