US defence chief urges international pressure amid rising violence in Afghanistan.
Says the people of Afghanistan deserve peace.
The statement from Lloyd Austin comes as Taliban claim control over 85% of Afghan territory.
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Qureshi tells Blinken of Pakistan’s commitment to forging a broad-based, long-term and sustainable relationship with the US.
Qureshi urges the need for all relevant stakeholders to press all Afghan parties to engage constructively.
Blinken says he had a call to underscore the US’s desire for a stable and sustainable bilateral relationship.
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Pakistan has reiterated its firm resolve to continue support Kashmiri people in their just struggle for inalienable right to self-determination and resolution of the dispute in accordance with UN Security Council resolutions.
About 155 million people around the world now live at crisis levels of food insecurity or worse – some 20 million more than last year. About two-thirds of them face hunger because their country is in military conflict.
Shah Mahmood Qureshi warned that in the case of the Afghan Taliban strengthening across the border, TTP could also increase its influence that could harm Pakistan.