Afghan plea for help in making peace with Taliban

Afghanistan's President, Ashraf Ghani, Monday called on all United Nations' members to help him make peace with the Taliban, in a prerecorded video message played on Monday at the UN in New York.

"A ceasefire, an urgent end to the violence will, more than anything else, give us a chance to progress," he said.

The world body is commemorating 75 years since it was founded at the end of World War II.

Ghani also warned of the growing link between terrorists groups and criminal networks in Afghanistan.