Envoys and special representatives of the EU, France, Germany, Italy, NATO, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States have emphasised in a statement on Friday 7 May “the need to accelerate the pace of the Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace negotiations”, calling for the “immediate resumption, without preconditions” of substantive negotiations.
“The process of the troop withdrawal must not serve as an excuse for the Taliban to suspend the peace process and that good-faith...