you last you keep it. leverage and tell you the difficult challenge aren't up to my pick editor james batten's that for us live in campbell will be un envoy to ask on the stone told the security council the international community cannot stand by as the conflict escalades kristin salumi reports from the un headquarters in york thing the country is at a dangerous turning point. the un special representative for afghanistan called on the security council to act and act quickly 1st by demanding an end to taliban attacks against cities to attack urban areas is to knowingly inflict enormous harm and cause massive civilian casualties. nonetheless, the threatening of large urban areas appears to be a strategic decision by the taliban, who have accepted the likely carnage that will ensue. russia said the emphasis should be on restarting stalled political talks between the afghan government and the taliban. achieved mister william lewis showing you how it is clear that there is no military solution to the afghans situation. but in the current situation, given the absence of progress on the negotiation