Afghanistan peace deal

Close neighbours like Pakistan, Iran and China refuse to accept the Taliban edicts on the issue

We only facilitated Taliban to bring them to the table on US request, says Sheikh Rashid

Taliban officials stepped up demands for over $9bn in foreign reserves held abroad to be handed over

For a whole generation of Afghan women who entered public life there's much to lose

Conference of regional FMs part of diplomatic push to prevent civil war in Afghanistan

Foreign Office insists on all sides to seize historic opportunity for peace

Two sides will reduce violence for a week before signing ceremony