India’s Permanent Representative to UN TS Tirumurti. 
New York, US: The developments in Afghanistan will have wider ramifications to the Central Asia region, particularly the possible growth in international terrorism and drug trafficking emanating from the Afghan territory, India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations TS Tirumurti said on Wednesday (local time).
Tirumurti said the international community needs to take cognizance of the concerns which Central Asian countries have on developments in Afghanistan.
He made the statement while participating in the UN Security Council’s open debate on “Cooperation between the UN and the Regional and Sub-Regional Organisations in Maintenance of International Peace and Security: Cooperation between the United Nations and the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO)”.
The situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated drastically since the Taliban took control of Kabul in mid-August last year.
Earlier this month, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in his report had said that “The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security” said that the “best way” to promote stability and future international support is for the Taliban to avoid the isolation that characterised its previous experience in power.
UN reports highlight Afghan crisis
The report highlighted that the Taliban is showing efforts to present itself as a caretaker government.
“The movement, however, has yet to form governing structures that reflect the country’s ethnic, political, and geographic diversity and include women. Efforts are constrained by the lack of resources and capacity, as well as an ideology that clashes in many ways with international norms of governance,” it said.
“The movement is also seeking to manage its own internal coherence. With the Taliban not having established the trust of many of the Afghan people or convinced Afghans of its capacity to govern, many continue to seek to leave their country. Moving forward, it is essential that every effort be made to reach out to all segments of Afghan society in order to establish a process that can lead to inclusive governance structures, fully reflecting the wishes and interests of the diverse Afghan society,” the report added.