Afghanistan, Oct. 16 -- A senior Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) official has said that establishing an inclusive government with broad participation from Afghanistan's ethnic and political groups is the only way to achieve lasting peace and stability in the country.
Ahmad Saidmurodzoda, the SCO's deputy secretary-general, made the remarks at a joint meeting involving the SCO, the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), saying the member states' shared position on Afghanistan was reflected in the Bishkek Declaration.
The declaration, adopted at the SCO summit in Kyrgyzstan, called for Afghanistan to become an independent, neutral and peaceful country free from terrorism, war...