UN calls on Taliban to join peace process

March 27, 2013 19:44

The UN envoy to Afghanistan called on the Taliban today to join peace efforts as the bulk of NATO combat troops prepare to leave the country by the end of next year.

"My message to the insurgency is basically a sort of long-term message: you are Afghans, you care, I assume, about your country, you care about peaceful stable future of the country," Jan Kubis told a news conference.

The withdrawal and next year's presidential election, when President Hamid Karzai will step down after 13 years in power, have lent urgency to the search for a negotiated settlement to end Afghanistan's decades of conflict.

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