President Ram Nath Kovind has said that India and Turkmenistan strongly support a peaceful, secure and stable Afghanistan and stress the sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of the war-torn country. Addressing students at the prestigious Institute of International Relations here on Saturday, President Kovind said that as immediate neighbors of Afghanistan, both the countries are naturally concerned about the development of Kabul.
“We strongly support a peaceful, secure and stable Afghanistan and emphasize its sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity,” he said. “We share a broad regional consensus on issues relating to Afghanistan, including the formation of a truly representative and inclusive government, combating terrorism and drug trafficking, the central role of the United Nations, and immediate humanitarian assistance for the people of Afghanistan. and protect the rights of women, children and other national ethnic groups and minorities in Afghanistan, he said.
President Kovind arrived here on Friday after starting his three-day state visit to Turkmenistan. This is the first visit of the President of India to independent Turkmenistan. The Taliban seized power in Afghanistan on August 15, two weeks before the withdrawal of the entire US military on August 31 after two decades of costly warfare. This forced Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, who was backed by the US-led West, to flee the country to the United Arab Emirates.
Taliban insurgents stormed across Afghanistan and captured all major cities in a matter of days, as Afghan security forces trained and equipped by the US and its allies melted away. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in his February report that the situation in Afghanistan remains uncertain and precarious, nearly six months after the Taliban takeover, as the war-ravaged country resonates with several political, socio-economic and humanitarian setbacks.
The Taliban are showing efforts to present themselves as a caretaker government. However, the movement has yet to form a governing framework that reflects the country’s ethnic, political and geographic diversity and includes women. It said efforts are hampered by a lack of resources and capacity, as well as an ideology that in many ways conflicts with international norms of governance. The current Taliban regime in Kabul is yet to be recognized by the international community as they have failed to address global concerns regarding the formation of a truly representative and inclusive government in the war-torn country.
Radical Islamists have also been urged to protect the rights of women, children and other national ethnic groups and minorities in Afghanistan.
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