Use of Afghan soil to promote terrorism in any manner by any country is unacceptable, he said

In a veiled reference to Pakistan, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday said that the world should not tolerate interference by external players in Afghanistan, especially those intensifying violence at this difficult time in the war-torn country.

Addressing the Afghanistan conference co-convened by US Secretary of State, Anthony J. Blinken and German Minister for Foreign Affairs Heiko Mass, EAM Jaishankar said that use of Afghan soil to promote terrorism in any manner by any country is unacceptable.

While holding resumption of travel out of Kabul as a priority, the EAM in a tweet said the Taliban must live up to its declarations to that effect.

“Addressed the Afghanistan conference co-convened by @SecBlinken and @HeikoMaas. Resumption of travel out of Kabul is a priority. Use of Afghan soil to promote terrorism in any manner by any country is unacceptable. The Taliban must live up to its declarations to that effect,” his tweet said.

https://twitter.com/DrSJaishankar/status/1435630621628383238?s=20

Pointing indirectly to Islamabad that rushed its Intelligence Chief Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed to Kabul last week, intensifying its meddling in Afghan affairs, Jaishankar urged the world to not tolerate interference by external players, especially those intensifying violence at this difficult time.

“The world should not countenance interference by external players, especially those intensifying violence at this difficult time. Our collective approach should be guided by UNSC resolution 2593,” he said in reply to the previous tweet.

The EAM’s comments came even as media reports stated that hundreds of Afghans protested outside the Pakistan Embassy in Kabul this week, demanding that Islamabad stop interference in Afghanistan and helping the Taliban.

Earlier, India as the rotating President of the UN Security Council on August 30 had passed resolution 2593 on the situation in Afghanistan which demands that Afghan territory not be used to threaten and attack any country or to shelter and train terrorists or plan and finance terrorist acts.

The resolution had reiterated the importance of combating terrorism in Afghanistan, including those individuals and entities designated pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) viz. Lashker-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed., and noted the Taliban’s relevant commitments.