The United Nations (UN) envoy for Afghanistan, Deborah Lyons, on August 6 said the UN Security Council should issue a statement against attacks on Afghan provincial capitals by the Taliban as the human toll of this strategy is extremely distressing and the political message is even more deeply disturbing, reports Tolo News. “It would also recognize that they cannot risk the destruction of infrastructure that would be badly needed to rebuild the country once an agreement is reached. It should be made clear to the Taliban political commission that the exemptions to the travel ban and the high protocol with which they have been received by many of the countries were, in fact, predicated on a commitment and progress in the peace process,” Deborah Lyons said.