India has mentioned it expects that the territory of Afghanistan shouldn’t be used for sheltering, coaching or financing of terror acts, particularly terrorist people and entities proscribed by the UN Security Council.

“As a contiguous neighbour and long-standing partner of Afghanistan, and given our strong historical and civilisational linkages to the Afghan people, India has direct stakes in ensuring the return of peace and stability to the country,” India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj mentioned on March 8.

Speaking on the Security Council briefing on United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Ms. Kamboj mentioned the collective strategy of the worldwide group has been articulated within the Security Council Resolution 2593 of August 2021, which was adopted underneath India’s Presidency of the UNSC.

“In accordance with the Resolution, we expect that the territory of Afghanistan should not be used for sheltering, training, planning, or financing terrorist acts, specifically terrorist individuals and entities proscribed by the UN Security Council,” she mentioned, including that it additionally means appearing towards drug trafficking.

The decision additionally outlines the necessity for the formation of a really inclusive and consultant authorities construction, which represents all sections of the Afghan society, respects the rights of all Afghans, and ensures equal rights for ladies, ladies, and members of minority teams, together with their entry to education.

India additionally voiced concern about growing makes an attempt in direction of eradicating girls from public life in Afghanistan and known as for ladies and minorities to be included in Afghanistan’s future and their rights to be absolutely revered.

Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and head of UNAMA advised the Council that “Afghanistan under the Taliban remains the most repressive country in the world regarding women’s rights, and it has been distressing to witness their methodical, deliberate, and systematic efforts to push Afghan women and girls out of the public sphere.”

“Confining half of the country’s population to their homes in one of the world’s largest humanitarian and economic crises is a colossal act of national self-harm. It will condemn not only women and girls, but all Afghans, to poverty and aid-dependency for generations to come. It will further isolate Afghanistan from its own citizens and from the rest of the world,” Ms. Otunbayeva mentioned.

UNAMA has recorded an nearly fixed stream of discriminatory edicts and measures towards girls by the de facto authorities since August 2021.

“In 2023, 13.8 million Afghan women and girls are in need of humanitarian assistance — yet the de-facto authorities have undermined the unprecedented international aid effort by also banning women working in non-governmental organisations, even though they are crucial to the delivery of life-saving help,” the UN mentioned.

Ms. Kamboj underlined that safety and stability in Afghanistan will proceed to be a precedence for India and it’ll proceed to talk out in assist of the Afghan folks.

“Peace and stability in Afghanistan are critical imperatives that all of us also need to collectively strive for. India will continue to play its constructive role in the pursuit of this objective. The interests of the Afghan people will always continue to be at the core of all our efforts,” she mentioned.

Noting that the humanitarian scenario in Afghanistan stays deeply distressing, Ms. Kamboj mentioned India has dispatched a number of shipments of humanitarian help to the nation.

Reiterating India’s commitment to proceed serving to the Afghan folks going ahead, she mentioned India has offered a number of shipments of humanitarian help together with 40,000 MTs of wheat, 65 tonnes of medical assist and 28 tonnes of different reduction materials.

Recently, India additionally despatched round 5,000 items of stationery objects and winter clothes for main college college students of Habibia School in Kabul. In addition, India can be partnering with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) for the welfare and rehabilitation of the drug-user inhabitants in Afghanistan, particularly amongst Afghan girls.

Ms. Kamboj advised the Council that India had actively taken half in finalising the draft of the present mandate of the UNAMA after the takeover of Kabul by the Taliban in 2021.

“We are able to work with the Secretary-General in his efforts to search out progress within the scenario in Afghanistan,” she mentioned.