Speaking at an event on the Afghan peace process on Thursday at the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS), Ambassador Vinay Kumar said that New Delhi has had serious talks with Washington about peace in Afghanistan, and he thinks Afghans should have full ownership of the peace process.

Pierre Mayaudon, head of the European Union’s delegation to Afghanistan, on Thursday condemned the “extrajudicial detention of human rights activists” by the National Directorate of Security (NDS) and called for the protection of all activists and the children who were sexually abused in Logar province.