Topic - Deborah Lyons

“Afghan women must be present in the room and at the table when the future of the country is decided on,” she said, and any peace settlement must take into account the views of all Afghans “not just those of an elite few.”

UN envoy: Attacks must end for Afghan peace talks to succeed →

Instead, thousands of Afghan civilians perished due to the conflict,” said Deborah Lyons, the U.N.'s special representative of the secretary-general for Afghanistan.

UN says Afghan civilian casualties down by 15% last year →