Religious scholars attending the two-day International Ulema Conference for Peace and Security in Afghanistan in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday issued a declaration and called on the Taliban to denounce violence and come to the peace talks table.

The scholars from the Islamic world reaffirmed their support for a just, lasting, comprehensive and acceptable resolution of the ongoing war in Afghanistan and called on both the Afghan government and the Taliban to conform to a truce and ceasefire.

The Heads of State and Government at the NATO meeting in Brussels issued a Brussels Summit Declaration on Wednesday.

According to the declaration the NATO nations agreed to extend the financial assistance to Afghan forces for another period of four years after 2020.