France, Britain to Call for Kabul 'Safe Zone,' Macron Says 

PARIS - France and Britain on Monday will urge the United Nations to work for the creation of a "safe zone" in the Afghan capital, Kabul, to protect humanitarian operations, French President Emmanuel Macron said. 

"This is very important. This would provide a framework for the United Nations to act in an emergency," Macron said in comments published in the weekly Journal du Dimanche.  Above all, such a safe zone would allow the international community "to maintain pressure on the Taliban," who are now in power in Afghanistan, the French leader added.  The five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council — France, Britain, the U.S., Russia and China — will meet on Monday to discuss the Afghanistan situation.