BRUSSELS — Regional powers agreed to try to revive Afghanistan’s stalled peace process after almost 40 years of conflict, the EU’s foreign policy chief said on Wednesday, as governments began to raise some $13bn to fund the country through 2020. With the government in Kabul facing a resurgent Taliban 15 years after US forces helped oust the militants, more than 70 governments in Brussels promised further financial support. The EU is leading the effort, partly with the aim of slowing Afghan migrant flows into Europe. As well as funding, the EU focused on getting stalled peace negotiations back on track by bringing together the US, China, India and Pakistan at a dinner on Tuesday night. Federica Mogherini, who co-ordinates EU foreign policy, said there was an understanding "to work on a common basis for regional political support for the peace and reconciliation process in Afghanistan". "Yesterday night we found common ground to support this process with a regional perspective and the...
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