The United Nations is unable to take charge of Taliban forces which wish to surrender the town of Kunduz in northern Afghanistan, the UN official in charge of the crisis Lakhdar Brahimi said on Tuesday.
Brahimi said the UN was formally approached on Monday with a request from "Taliban commanders who wanted to surrender unconditionally and wanted to do it to the United Nations".
But, "it is evident that the United Nations cannot, has no means, is not present on the ground, and simply cannot, unfortunately accede to this request," he told reporters after briefing the Security Council.