UN says Afghan war has entered ‘deadlier, more destructive phase’
The war in Afghanistan has entered a “new, deadlier, and more destructive phase” with more than 1,000 civilians killed in the past month during a Taliban offensive, U.N. special envoy for Afghanistan, Deborah Lyons, told the Security Council on Friday. “A party that was genuinely committed to a negotiated settlement would not risk so many … Read more