Afghanistan withdrew its ambassador and senior diplomats (Dawn) from Pakistan after the ambassador’s daughter was abducted in Islamabad, the Afghan foreign ministry said. Afghanistan’s first vice president, Amrullah Saleh, tweeted that “[Afghanistan’s] national psyche has been tortured.” Pakistan’s foreign ministry said the recalls were “unfortunate and regrettable” and that it was investigating the abduction.
Afghanistan: Fifteen diplomatic missions and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) representative in the country jointly called (Al Jazeera) for the Taliban to halt its military offensives after intra-Afghan talks in Doha, Qatar, failed to yield a cease-fire agreement.
