India has informed the United Nations that it continues to closely monitor the security situation in Afghanistan. It also condemned the recent airstrikes and the killing of innocent women, children and even cricketers – in a veiled reference to Pakistan. In his statement during the UN Security Council meeting on the situation in Afghanistan on Wednesday, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Parvathaneni, said India is appealing to the United Nations and the international community to adopt nuanced policy instruments that help bring sustainable benefits to the people of Afghanistan. Harish emphasized that the international community must coordinate efforts to ensure that entities and individuals designated by the UN Security Council – the ISIL and Al-Qaeda and their affiliates, including the Lashkar e Tayyiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed and proxies of LeT such as the Resistance Front, along with those who facilitate their operations, no longer cross a reference in this border to facilitate terrorism. Pakistan. “We also note with grave concern the practice of ‘trade and transit terrorism’ to which the people of Afghanistan are subjected through the cynical closure of access to a landlocked country whose people have been suffering from numerous debilitating conditions for many years,” Harish said, echoing the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan’s (UNAMA) violation of trade and norms. Such open threats and acts of war against a fragile and vulnerable LLDC (Land-Locked Developing Country) nation, which is trying to rebuild in difficult circumstances, is a blatant violation of the UN Charter and international law.” “While we condemn such acts, we also strongly support the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Afghanistan,” he said. Harish said that over the years India has been a strong advocate for peace and stability in Afghanistan. At least three Afghan cricketers were killed in an alleged Pakistani airstrike in the country’s Paktika province. The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) said the players had traveled to Sharana in eastern Paktika province to take part in a friendly match. “Coordinated regional and international cooperation on key issues regarding Afghanistan is vital to strengthen engage to promote peace, stability and development in the country,” he said. Harish added that providing humanitarian aid and building the capacities of the Afghan people had always remained India’s priorities. India already has more than 500 development partnership projects in all provinces, Harish said. India told the UN Security Council that it was calling for a “pragmatic engagement” with the Taliban, as New Delhi underlined that a focus on only punitive measures will ensure a ‘business as usual’ approach. Harish said India is calling on the United Nations and the international community to adopt nuanced policy instruments that help bring sustainable benefits to the people of Afghanistan. “India is calling for a pragmatic engagement with the Taliban. A coherent policy of engagement should encourage positive actions. A focus on only punitive measures will only ensure a continuation of a ‘business as usual’ approach as we have seen for the past four and a half years,” said India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish. ‘India’s commitment to meeting development needs’ Harish reiterated India’s commitment to meeting the development needs of the people of Afghanistan. Harish said the recent decision by the Indian government to change the status of Delhi’s Technical Mission in Kabul to restore that of an embassy “underscores this decision.” “We will continue our engagement with all stakeholders to increase our contribution to Afghanistan’s comprehensive development, humanitarian assistance and capacity-building initiatives, in line with the priorities and aspirations of Afghan society,” he said.Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi was in New Delhi in October, the first senior Taliban minister to visit India. group took over in Kabul in 2021. Foreign Minister S Jaishankar announced the upgrading of Delhi’s technical mission to a new mission. India withdrew its officials from its embassy in Kabul in August 2022. In June 2022, India withdrew its diplomatic presence in the Afghan capital deploying a “technical team” Coordinated regional and international cooperation on key issues regarding Afghanistan “We will continue to work with UN agencies in critical areas such as health, food security and sports,” Harish said.