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Afghan government calls for UNSC meeting

12 August 2021 20:41 (UTC +04:00)

Chairman of Afghanistan's Supreme National Reconciliation Council Abdullah Abdullah has called on the United Nations to convene an emergency Security Council meeting to discuss the situation in the country, APA reports that Abdullah wrote about it on Twitter.

He said in meetings with special envoys from Russia, the United States, China and Pakistan in Doha that there is no military solution to the Afghan problem: "An emergency meeting of the UN Security Council is urgently needed to discuss the current situation in Afghanistan."

Note that Taliban fighters captured the strategic Afghan city of Ghazni on Thursday, taking them to within 150 km (95 miles) of Kabul following days of fierce clashes as the Islamist group ruled out sharing power with the government.

The speed and violence of the Taliban advance, including heavy fighting in their heartland and the second-biggest city of Kandahar, have sparked recriminations among many Afghans over U.S. President Joe Biden's decision to withdraw U.S. troops and leave the Afghan government to fight alone.