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India’s Modi tells UNGA Afghanistan cannot be used to spread terrorism
At the United Nations General Assembly annual meeting Saturday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said it was crucial that Afghanistan not be used to spread terrorism globally, and he called on world leaders to help minorities in the country, including women and children.
“It is important to ensure that the land of Afghanistan is not used to spread terrorism and perpetuate terrorist attacks,” Modi said.
“We also have to be alert that no nation should be able to misuse the delicate situation in Afghanistan for their own selfish motives like a tool,” Modi added in an apparent reference to Pakistan, locked between Afghanistan and India.
His comments came after Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan urged the international community to help the people of Afghanistan in a pre-recorded message to the United Nations General Assembly on Friday.
“There’s a huge humanitarian crisis looming ahead and this will have serious repercussions not just for the neighbors of Afghanistan, but it will have repercussions everywhere if a destabilized, chaotic Afghanistan again becomes a safe haven for international terrorists,” he said.
“We must strengthen this current government, stabilize it for the sake of the people of Afghanistan,” he said.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said last week that Afghanistan is on “the verge of a dramatic humanitarian disaster” and has decided to engage the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) in order to help the country’s people.
Khan said Guterres had “taken bold steps. I urge you to mobilize the international community and move in this direction.”
Afghanistan’s Ministry of Defense says its forces have seized significant quantities of weapons, ammunition, medical supplies, vehicles and other contraband during operations near the disputed Durand Line over the past three months.
According to the ministry, the seizures included 66 Kalashnikov rifles, 20 M16 rifles, 17 M4 rifles, 33 pistols, and 8,000 rounds of various types of light and heavy ammunition.
The forces also confiscated 45 vehicles, 2,600 kilograms of narcotics, 486 cartons of medicines, 2,373 sheep and 34 bundles of fuse cord, the ministry said.
The ministry added that 39 alleged smugglers were arrested in connection with the operations.
Ali Zeynivand, spokesperson for Iran’s Interior Ministry, has said that the process of repatriating undocumented Afghan migrants continues despite recent developments and crises in the region.
He stressed that the process does not target all Afghan nationals, but is aimed at managing the presence of foreign nationals in Iran and determining their legal residency status.
Zeynivand said some undocumented foreign nationals have been expelled from Iran based on judicial orders, while efforts to register and return others without legal documents are continuing.
According to Zeynivand, more than 200,000 undocumented Afghan migrants have voluntarily left Iran over the past five months.
He added that the main objective of the plan is to establish accurate records of foreign nationals, including how and through which border crossing they entered Iran, where they live and which public services they use.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said that Afghanistan and Pakistan cooperated with Tehran during the recent conflict to prevent individuals from using their territories to enter Iran and create unrest.
Speaking in a press conference on Saturday, Pezeshkian said Pakistan was cooperating with Iran “fully” while Afghanistan had also provided significant cooperation. He added that Turkmenistan, Russia and Iraq had helped Iran, while dialogue with Azerbaijan continued despite political differences.
Pezeshkian said regional cooperation had played an important role in helping Iran cope with the impact of the war and restrictions on the country.
The Iranian president also accused Iran’s adversaries of attempting to create insecurity along the country’s northwestern and southeastern borders, including plans to attack border posts and send armed individuals into Iran.
He said the plans were unsuccessful, partly because Iran responded to some of the efforts and because neighboring countries took measures to prevent individuals from using their territory to enter Iran.
Pezeshkian specifically highlighted the role of Afghanistan and Pakistan, saying both governments had deployed groups to monitor the situation along their territories.
According to the Iranian president, both countries had also made clear that no one would be permitted to use their soil to enter Iran and cause unrest inside the country.
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