Afghanistan “is now at a dangerous turning point”- United Nations Security Council Briefing

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The topics: The top United Nations official in Afghanistan today (6 Aug) told the Security Council that Afghanistan “is now at a dangerous turning point,” stressing that “ahead lies either a genuine peace negotiation or a tragically intertwined set of crises.” Briefing via video teleconference from Afghanistan, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative in the country, Deborah Lyons, “this is now a different kind of war, reminiscent of Syria recently or Sarajevo in the not-so-distant past. To attack urban areas is to knowingly inflict enormous harm and cause massive civilian casualties. Nonetheless, the threatening of large urban areas appears to be a strategic decision by the Taliban, who have accepted the likely carnage that will ensue. Afghanistan National Security and Defense Forces are defending these cities. But this defense will also undoubtedly cause civilian casualties.” Lyons said, the Security Council has an opportunity “to prevent Afghanistan from descending into a situation of catastrophe so serious that it would have few, if any, parallels in this century.” In his briefing to the Council, Afghan Ambassador Ghulam M. Isaczai said, “the Taliban, contrary to their commitments under their Doha Agreement, have not broken their ties with regional and international terrorist organizations. In fact, these links are unbreakable as they have been cultivated and built on shared ideology, interests and goals and inter-marriages which have been translated into joint attacks, logistical and material support. The implications of allowing this network to continue to grow inside the country carries great security risks not only for Afghanistan but also for the wider region and even the world.” Outside the Council, he told reporters that “Talibans are not interested in peace.” He said, “peace would require a time where guns are silent. Peace requires confidence building measures. You cannot terrorize the population on the one hand, unleash a massive attack on cities, and then go to Doha and talk about peace on the other hand.”


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