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Washington: India and therefore the US have called on the Taliban to stick to its commitments and respect the human rights of all Afghans, including women, children and minority groups, and asked the new rulers in Kabul to form sure that the war-torn country’s territory isn’t again wont to threaten or attack any country or to shelter or train terrorists.
In a US-India Joint Leaders’ Statement issued after the primary in-person bilateral meeting between US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House on Friday, the 2 leaders underscored the importance of combating terrorism in Afghanistan.
The two leaders resolved that the Taliban must abide by UNSC Resolution 2593 (2021) which demands that Afghan territory must not ever again be wont to threaten or attack any country or to shelter or train terrorists, or to plan or finance terrorist attacks, and underscored the importance of combating terrorism in Afghanistan, consistent with the joint statement.
The UN Security Council resolution 2593 on Afghanistan, adopted under India’s Presidency of the 15-nation Council in August, had demanded that Afghan territory not be wont to threaten or attack any country or to shelter or train terrorists, or to plan or to finance terrorist acts, and reiterated the importance of combating terrorism in Afghanistan, including those individuals and entities designated pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999), and noted the Taliban’s relevant commitments.
“President Biden and Prime Minister Modi called on the Taliban to stick to those and every one other commitments, including regarding the safe, secure, and orderly departure from Afghanistan of Afghans and every one foreign nationals and to respect the human rights of all Afghans, including women, children, and members of minority groups,” the statement said.
The Taliban, which took control of Kabul on Assumption , have put in situ a hardline interim 33-member Cabinet that has no women and includes UN-designated terrorists. The Taliban last ruled Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001.
“The two leaders also emphasised on the importance of efforts to supply humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan and called on the Taliban to permit full, safe, direct and unhindered access for the UN, its specialised agencies and implementing partners, and every one humanitarian actors engaged in humanitarian relief activity, including with reference to internally displaced persons,” it said.
Reflecting their long-term commitment to promoting development and economic opportunity for the Afghan people, they determined to still closely coordinate and to figure jointly with partners toward an inclusive and peaceful future for all Afghans, the statement added.
The UN Security Council resolution had condemned within the strongest terms the deplorable attacks of August 26 near Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, which were claimed by the Islamic State in Khorasan Province, an entity affiliated with the Islamic State in Iraq and therefore the Levant (Da’esh). The resolution took note of the Taliban’s condemnation of this attack.
On Wednesday, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told the G20 nations that the Taliban’s commitment to not allow the utilization of Afghanistan’s soil for terrorism in any manner should be implemented and therefore the world expects a broad-based, inclusive process that involves representation from all sections of the Afghan society.
Mr Jaishankar, in his address at the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on Afghanistan which was persisted the sidelines of the high-level 76th session of the UN General Assembly, had said that the international community must close in response to humanitarian needs. Assistance providers must be accorded unimpeded, unrestricted and direct access.
The Taliban swept across Afghanistan last month, seizing control of just about all key towns and cities within the backdrop of withdrawal of the US forces that began on May Day . On Assumption , the capital city of Kabul fell to the insurgents.
The Taliban claimed victory over opposition forces within the last holdout province of Panjshir on September 6, completing their takeover of Afghanistan three weeks after capturing Kabul.
Earlier this month, Afghanistan”s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN Ghulam Isaczai said that the govt announced by the Taliban in Afghanistan is “anything but inclusive” and therefore the Afghan people won’t accept a governing structure that excludes women and minorities.
