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At UN, India calls for a practical engagement with Afghan Taliban

Dhairya Maheshwari
United Nations, Dec 11 (UNI/Sputnik) "Coordinated regional and international cooperation on key issues concerning Afghanistan is paramount as is strongly engaging relevant parties for promoting peace, stability and development in the country," Indian Permanent Representative (PR) has told a UNSC briefing. Ambassador P Harish, India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN), has called for "practical engagement" with the Taliban, while backing a "coherent policy" of engagement that incentivises positive actions.
"A focus on only punitive measures will only ensure that a ‘business as usual’ approach continues as we have been seeing now for the last four and a half years. We call on the United Nations and the international community to adopt nuanced policy instruments that help bringing sustainable benefits for the people of Afghanistan," the Indian diplomat told a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting on the situation in Afghanistan at the UN Headquarters in New York on Wednesday.
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