Afghans Want Sanctions Lifted on Taliban Figures - nytimes

KABUL, Afghanistan — United Nations officials expect Afghanistan to make a serious effort to ask the Security Council to lift sanctions soon against more than 40 Taliban figures — more than a fourth of all those who are now on the organization’s blacklist of Al Qaeda and Taliban members. -- Afghans Want Sanctions Lifted on Taliban Figures
Afghanistan Urges U.N. to Remove Taliban Leaders From Blacklist - WSJ