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 Taliban, in a prerecorded video mess played on Monday at UN in New York.

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

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

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