Peace in Afghanistan only possible through dialogue between Kabul and Taliban - Lavrov

TASHKENT, March 27. /TASS/. Achieving a stable peace in Afghanistan is only possible by launching a constructive dialogue between the country’s government and the Taliban movement (terror group, outlawed in Russia), Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday. "It is obvious that it is impossible to resolve the conflict by force, no matter what strategies on that score are adopted in foreign capitals. The military solution ideas are divorced from historical experience and today’s realities," he said at the high-level international conference on security in Afghanistan titled "Peace Process, Security Cooperation and Regional Cooperation" in Tashkent. "It is only possible to achieve real peace and stability by launching a constructive dialogue between the Afghan government and the Taliban movement." Read more