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Hope situation in Afghanistan stabilises soon: India at UNSC
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Hope situation in Afghanistan stabilises soon: India at UNSC

| @indiablooms | 17 Aug 2021, 12:44 am

New Delhi/IBNS: India on Monday expressed hope that the situation in Afghanistan "stabilises soon" and "there is an inclusive dispensation which represents all sections of Afghan society".

Speaking at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), India said, "Voices of Afghan women, aspirations of Afghan children and the rights of minorities must be respected. A broader representation would help the arrangement gain more acceptability and legitimacy."

Earlier, the Indian government on Monday said Hindus and Sikhs will be given priority once commercial flight service begins from Afghanistan's capital city.

The Centre said it would "facilitate repatriation to India of those who wish to leave Afghanistan".

"The government will take all steps to ensure the safety and security of Indian nationals and our interests in Afghanistan," Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi told reporters.

Speaking about the "deteriorating situation" in Afghanistan, Bagchi said:  "We are in constant touch with the representatives of Afghan Sikh and Hindu communities. We will facilitate repatriation to India of those who wish to leave Afghanistan."

As the Taliban entered Kabul and took over control of Afghanistan, an unprecedented situation unfolded in the war-torn nation with people rushing to the airports to flee the country amid fear, despair and panic.

The development comes a day after Afghanistan president Ashraf Ghani fled the country on Sunday evening.

Later, in a Facebook post, he said that he had left Afghanistan to prevent a “flood of blood” in the country, after the Taliban took over Kabul.

Meanwhile, Taliban spokesman Sohail Shaheen has said the Taliban government will include non-Taliban Afghans.

When asked if the new Taliban government will include members of the former Afghan government, Shaheen, speaking from Doha told CNN it would be “premature” right now to name who the officials will be, but he said that they are trying to have some “well known figures” to be part of the government.

“When we are saying an Afghan inclusive Islamic government, that means that other Afghans also have participation in the government,” he said.


 

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