Violence must stop and peace talks should move from procedures to substantial negotiations, the European Union's new special envoy Tomas Niklasson said on Friday, reaffirming continued support the Afghan people and the government.  

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Friday reacted to recent remarks by Pakistani officials, including Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, saying that the world knows who has really continued the war in Afghanistan to keep its pace and that blaming will not prove helpful at this critical juncture.