UN team in Kabul to show support for war-weary Afghanistan

UN team in Kabul to show support for war-weary Afghanistan
An elderly cobbler man, left, repairs a shoe on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. (AP)
Updated 15 January 2018
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UN team in Kabul to show support for war-weary Afghanistan

UN team in Kabul to show support for war-weary Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan: The Afghan government says President Ashraf Ghani has met with a top-level UN Security Council delegation that included US Ambassador Nikki Haley.
Monday’s statement says Ghani and the UN team met in Kabul on Sunday and discussed Afghanistan’s security situation and how to move the country forward.
It says Ghani requested continued UN pressure on neighboring Pakistan, which Kabul accuses of harboring Taliban insurgents.
According to the statement, along with Haley, representatives of China, Russia and Britain also took part in the meeting, which was not previously announced for security reasons.
President Donald Trump has taken a tough stand on Pakistan, which in turn has accused the United States of scapegoating Islamabad for its own failure to bring peace to Afghanistan where the war is now entering its 17th year.