New Delhi: Sharing concerns over the formation of the Taliban government in Afghanistan, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that India was not made aware of the aspects of the agreement signed by the US and the Taliban last year and it is still unclear whether there will be an inclusive Afghanistan Or not. The government or the soil of Afghanistan will not be used for terror.
Speaking virtually at the annual leadership summit of the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF), Jaishankar said that even though India and the US are on the same page on many issues related to Afghanistan’s development, there are aspects where the situation is news agency According to PTI, no two countries are exactly the same.
According to the news agency, the minister said that these issues have given rise to reasonable concerns in India and other countries regarding the situation in Afghanistan.
According to a report in Hindustan Times, Jaishankar said, “When I say the level of concern, the commitments made by the Taliban in Doha were… America knows best, we were not taken into confidence in various aspects of it.” Was.”
In the report, the minister said, “So, whatever the deals were done in Doha – there is a broad understanding but beyond that, are we going to see an inclusive government, are we going to see respect for the rights of women, children and Minorities? Most importantly, are we going to see an Afghanistan whose soil is not used for terrorism against other states and the rest of the world?
The foreign minister also said that any question of recognition of the Taliban government should be resolved on the basis of fulfilling the commitments made by the group in the Doha Agreement.
“I think we’re on the same pages at a theoretical level on many of these issues, certainly let’s say terrorism. The use of Afghan soil for terrorism is something we both feel very strongly about and it was something that Which was discussed during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with President Joe Biden,” Jaishankar said.
Afghanistan remained an important topic between Modi and Biden in Washington last week. “There will be issues on which we agree more, there will be issues on which we agree less. Our experiences are different from yours (the US) in some respects. We have been victims of cross-border terrorism from that region itself. And it has led to many has shaped our view of some of Afghanistan’s neighbours.”
The foreign minister said it was for the US to decide whether it shared that view or not, adding that India was concerned about the developments in Afghanistan.
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