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01-10-2023
KAZAN/ KABUL/ AFGHANISTAN: A consultative meeting of Afghanistan’s neighbors and other regional states, including China and India, has asked the Taliban government to prevent the country from being “a terrorism and instability hotspot” an endorsement of concerns Pakistan has been raising.
The demand came in the declaration issued after the conclusion of the fifth meeting of the Moscow Format Consultations on Afghanistan at the level of special representatives and senior officials from China, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan was held in the Russian city of Kazan.
The meeting was also attended by Afghanistan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi. Representatives of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Türkiye were in attendance as guests of honour.
In a statement released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, the parties noted with concern the difficult security situation in Afghanistan due to the intensification of the activities of terrorist groups, primarily Daesh.
While appreciating the current Afghan authorities for their serious fight against Daesh, the participants urged them to do the same against all terrorist groups.
They also called on the current Afghan authorities to take effective measures to dismantle, eliminate and prevent the placement of all sorts of terrorist groups based in Afghanistan and to prevent the country from being a terrorism and instability hotspot and spreading to the regional states.
The meeting stressed the Taliban rulers to step up cooperation with the regional countries in the fight against the threats of terrorism and drug trafficking emanating from the Afghan territory, a demand Pakistan has been making amid a sharp rise in militancy carried out by banned outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
“Most participants stressed their opposition to the support for terrorism in Afghanistan by external forces,” the statement said.
The countries regretted that there had been no progress in forming a truly inclusive government in Afghanistan, reflecting the interests of all ethno-political groups of the country. (Int’l News Desk)
