New U.S. air force statistics show the U.S. dropped more bombs on
Afghanistan last year than any year since 2013, even as Washington's peace envoy sought to boost regional support for a reduction in violence ahead of a final deal to end America's longest war.
In a statement Saturday, the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad said Zalmay Khalilzad was in
Pakistan the previous day to rally support for getting an agreement with the
Taliban to reduce their attacks, as a first step toward a peace agreement to end 18 years of war in neighboring Afghanistan.
Pakistan's Foreign Ministry, following a series of meetings with Khalilzad on Friday, said it supported a quick peace deal with the Taliban and repeated Washington's call for a reduction in violence.