PM on Kabul: Questions on acceptability, think together on recognition

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18-Sep-21

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The Prime Minister, who did not name the Taliban in his speech, said if instability and fundamentalism continue in Afghanistan, it “will lead to terrorist and extremist ideologies all over the world”.For the first time since the fall of Kabul to the Taliban, Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised questions Friday on the “acceptability” of the new “system” in Afghanistan and flagged concerns that the change of power there took place without negotiations, and was not inclusive.
In his intervention at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tajikistan’s capital Dushanbe, Modi called upon the international community to take a decision on the critical question of “recognition” of the new dispensation in Kabul in a “thoughtful and collective manner”.Underlining that all SCO countries have been victims of terrorism, he said they must ensure that the soil of Afghanistan is “not used to spread terrorism in any country”.
Modi addressed the SCO gathering virtually. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan was among those in the audience in Dushanbe. Also at the venue were Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi.Pointing to another challenge, Modi said the current situation in Afghanistan might lead to an “uncontrolled flow of drugs, illegal weapons, and human trafficking”.
In a veiled reference to the US leaving behind sophisticated weaponry in Afghanistan, he said that “a large amount of advanced weapons remain in Afghanistan” and, therefore, there will be “risk of instability in the entire region”. Through his strongly-worded but carefully-crafted statement, the Prime Minister articulated New Delhi’s red lines a month after the Taliban captured power and subsequently announced a cabinet with several members of the anti-India Haqqani Network, handpicked by Pakistan’s ISI.“The first issue is that the change of power in Afghanistan is not inclusive, and has taken place without negotiation. This raises questions about the acceptability of the new system,” Modi told the SCO.

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