New Delhi: India on Monday warned the world community against underestimating the ferocity of the resurgence of Taliban and al Qaeda and called for a robust international response to the challenge of terrorism faced by Afghanistan.
“India shares the deep concerns of the international community at the security situation. We cannot and must not underestimate the ferocity of the Taliban and al Qaeda resurgence,” India’s External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee told a high-level meeting at the United Nations.
The meeting on the security situation in Afghanistan was organized by the UN.
Mukherjee said the security challenges faced by Kabul — like suicide attacks and cross-border infiltration — should be addressed realistically.
“None of us can afford to improvise partial solutions that seemingly provide temporary relief. There is no option to remaining resolute and determined,” he told the meeting attended by Afghan President Hamid Karzai and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Calling for providing “appropriate tactical response, including both security and enforcement measures” as also economic and development strategies, Mukherjee stressed the need for turning high-level political commitment into concrete outcomes that will create conditions for greater national ownership and leadership of security, reconstruction and development process.
(With agency inputs)
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