At UN Security Council Meet, India Asks Taliban To Cut Ties With Al-Qaeda And Other Terrorist Organisations

In a UN Security Council (UNSC) meet on Friday (6 August), India asserted that the Taliban should cut down its ties with Al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations and also called for a review of the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan.

India also said that for a successful peace process, it is necessary to ensure that Taliban engages in negotiations, eschew the path of violence and completely commit itself towards reaching a political solution.

New Delhi added that military threat along with violence should not be used to strengthen the negotiating power of any particular side.

India’s UN envoy T S Tirumurti said that New Delhi has lent its support to expedite the negotiations between the Afghan government and Taliban, which also includes furthering intra-Afghan talks.

“Any regime devoid of legitimacy in Afghanistan would find it difficult to garner much needed humanitarian and developmental assistance from the international donor community,” Tirumurti’s was quoted in a report by the Economic Times.

The diplomat further said, “We support a leading role for the United Nations and call on the Secretary General to take an initiative towards finding a lasting and durable outcome. We welcome any move towards a genuine political settlement that leads to these objectives.”