India on Thursday strongly condemned Pakistan’s airstrikes in Afghanistan during a United Nations Security Council discussion, denouncing the killing of innocent women, children, and cricketers. Echoing
UNAMA’s concerns, India said the attacks violated the UN Charter and international law and called for full protection of civilians.
“We add our voice to calls for paying full respect to the United Nations Charter and international law with particular attention to the protection of innocent civilians,” India’s envoy said, noting the humanitarian toll on communities already facing deep crisis.
India also raised “grave concern” over what it termed Pakistan’s practice of “trade and transit terrorism,” citing the closure of vital access routes for Afghanistan, a landlocked country dependent on cross-border movement for essential supplies. Such actions, the envoy said, violate WTO norms and amount to “open threats and acts of war” against a fragile nation struggling to rebuild in difficult circumstances.
Statement by PR @AmbHarishP at the @UN Security Council briefing on the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan today.
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While condemning these acts, India reaffirmed its strong support for Afghanistan’s territorial integrity, sovereignty, and independence. It also called for pragmatic, coherent engagement with the Taliban, emphasising that international policy should incentivise positive actions.
India said it continues to track the security situation in Afghanistan and urged the international community to coordinate efforts to ensure that UN-designated terror entities and individuals, including ISIL, Al-Qaida, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, and proxies such as the Resistance Front, are no longer able to engage in cross-border terrorism or receive operational support.
Reiterating its position on engagement with the Taliban, India said any international approach must be pragmatic and structured to incentivise positive behaviour. It cautioned that relying solely on punitive measures would only perpetuate the “business as usual” dynamic seen over the last four and a half years. India called on the UN and the wider international community to adopt “nuanced policy instruments” that can deliver sustainable benefits to the Afghan people.
