Uzbek capital hosts international forum on Afghan problem.

The Uzbek capital of Tashkent has hosted an international forum to discuss the steady development of Afghanistan within the framework of a 6+3 contact group initiated by Uzbek President Islom Karimov, Uzbek TV's first channel reported on 19 October.

The forum, which was attended by local and foreign experts on regional and international security, "focused on the issue of the steady development of Afghanistan, particularly within the framework of the Uzbek president's initiative to create the 6+3 contact group", the report said.

Discoursing on the Afghan problem lasting for over 30 years the report said that "as it shows measures taken to settle the conflict have not …