India on Monday stopped voting on the proposal of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Afghanistan’s position and said that “general” approach, without new and targeted initiatives, is unlikely to distribute the results of the international community to the Afghan people.
A text called “Status in Afghanistan” was adopted by a vote of 116 in favor of 116 against 12 (Israel, United States), with 12 restraints.
Explaining the vote on UNGA resolution on the situation in Afghanistan, India’s permanent representative at the United Nations, Parvathani Harish, said that India is closely monitoring the security situation in Afghanistan and directs its coordinated efforts to ensure that institutions and individuals have been discovered now.
He said, “India is closely monitoring the security situation in Afghanistan. The international community will have to direct its coordinated efforts to ensure that the institutions nominated by the United Nations Security Council and the individual-e-Qaeda and their colleagues, Isil and their colleagues, Isil and their colleagues, which include Lashkar-e-Tayaba and Jai-E-Mohm, which also not with their regional sponsors.”
The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution to maintain human rights, to follow human rights, follow international law and take decisive action against terrorism, which amidst the permanent influence of the decades of the decades of the human crisis, the increasing number of withdrawal and decades of conflict.
Recalling the recent talks between Foreign Minister S Jaishankar and Foreign Minister appointed by the Taliban, Harish said, “On the political front, the Minister of External Affairs of India recently spoke with Afghanistan’s caretaker Foreign Minister. We welcome the Pahgam terrorist attack on 22 April, 2025. Regional Development.”
He said that India’s approach to Afghanistan has always been directed by “long friendship and special friendship” with Afghans.
He said, “India’s approach to Afghanistan-deep historical and cultural relations with its embodied neighbor-always directed by our long-standing friendship and special relations with the Afghan people. As a long-standing partner, India has a direct stake in ensuring peace and stability in Afghanistan,” he said.
Harish said that India has been actively engaged with regional and international stakeholders to promote peace, stability and development in Afghanistan as UNGA finally considered the issue in 2022.
He added, “We believe that international and regional consent and cooperation are necessary on major issues related to Afghanistan. Our participation in the United Nations meetings in Doha and other regional forums shows our ongoing efforts, including our recent participation in meetings held in Doha last week.”
He also talked about the humanitarian aid provided by India to Afghanistan.
“India’s immediate priorities in Afghanistan include the provision of humanitarian assistance and the provision of capacity-making initiative for the Afghan people. We are working closely with the UN agencies to support Afghan people in important areas like health, food security, education and sports.
He said that India, since August 2021, supplies around 50,000 metric tons of wheat, 330 metric tons of drugs and vaccines, 40,000 liters of pesticides Maithian, and 58.6 MT, and other essential commodities, which support millions of Afghans in strict needs of humanitarian aid. He also referred to India’s efforts to provide assistance to Afghanistan in partnership with the United Nations office on drugs and crime.
“In partnership with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), we have provided 84 MTS assistance and medicines and 32 MTS social support items for drug rehabilitation programs in Afghanistan, especially focused on women.
India also offers scholarships and fellowships to Afghan students. Since 2023, we have provided scholarships for undergraduate and postgraduate courses to 2,000 Afghan students, including around 600 girls and women, ”he said.
He emphasized that any policy would have to combine a mixture of policy equipment to address the situation after the conflict-to encourage and decompose harmful behavior and decompose harmful tasks and an approach focused on punitive measures is unlikely to be successful.
He said, “Any consistent policy to address the situation after the struggle should combine the mixture of policy equipment-to encourage and disintegrate harmful tasks. A approach focused on punitive measures only, in our thought, is unlikely to be successful.”
“The United Nations and the comprehensive international community have adopted a more balanced and fine approach to other post-struggle contexts. However, in Afghanistan, any new policy equipment since August 2021 has not been introduced to address the deteriorating humanitarian crisis.”
He emphasized India’s historical relations with the people of Afghanistan and expressed his commitment to meet his human and developmental needs.
He said, “I want to repeat the historical relations of India with the people of Afghanistan and our permanent commitment to meet their human and developmental needs. While we are committed to constant engagement with all relevant stakeholders and widely support the international community’s efforts for a stable, peaceful and rich Afghanistan, India has decided this resolution. (AI)
