The Afghan government's negotiators in the Qatari capital of Doha, who are attempting to agree on a lasting ceasefire in Afghanistan with the Taliban, must use the language of peace if they hope to reach a deal, Abdullah Abdullah, the chairman of Afghanistan's High Council for National Reconciliation, said on Monday

As many as 15 civilians have been killed or wounded after a pair of blasts in the Afghan provinces of Balkh and Paktika, Tariq Aryan, a spokesman for Afghanistan's Interior Ministry, told Sputnik on Saturday

The UN Security Council said in the statement on Friday that it calls on the Afghan government and the Taliban movement to continue pursuing confidence-building measures and engaging in good faith peace negotiations

Russia is ready to mediate in resolving the crisis involving Qatar's dispute with its neighbors Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt if such a request is made, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with Sputnik on Friday