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India has powerfully condemned Pakistan's airstrikes connected Afghanistan arsenic a “flagrant violation" of planetary law, saying it is “hypocritical” to invoke Islamic solidarity portion carrying retired attacks that person killed civilians during Ramzan.
Addressing a Security Council gathering connected the concern successful Afghanistan connected Monday (March 9, 2026), India's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Harish Parvathaneni reiterated New Delhi's enactment for the UN Secretary-General's telephone for compliance with planetary law, including planetary humanitarian law, and for ensuring the extortion of civilians. "India powerfully condemns the airstrikes connected Afghan territory, which are flagrant violations of planetary instrumentality and the UN Charter and the rule of authorities sovereignty.
"It is hypocritical to espouse precocious principles of planetary instrumentality and Islamic solidarity connected the 1 hand, portion mercilessly carrying retired aerial strikes during the beatified period of Ramzan that person killed 185 guiltless civilians arsenic of March 6, much than fractional of whom are women and children," helium said.
According to the UN Assistance Mission successful Afghanistan (UNAMA), astir 55% of the 185 victims were women and children, and much than 1,00,000 radical had been displaced owed to the attacks.
Mr. Parvathaneni noted that UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres' study besides expresses heavy interest astatine civilian casualties caused by cross-border equipped violence.
India reiterated its enactment for the Secretary General’s call, urging compliance with obligations nether planetary law, including planetary humanitarian instrumentality and ensuring extortion of civilians.
Pakistan had launched airstrikes successful Afghanistan successful precocious February, resulting successful dense casualties and injuries.
Mr. Parvathaneni besides reiterated India’s sedate interest connected the signifier of “trade and transit terrorism” by denial of transition for commercialized and cynical closure of entree for a onshore locked country.
He said UN declarations connected Land Locked Developing countries (LLDCs) dependable hollow successful the look of specified actions. “The commercialized and transit vulnerabilities of LLDCs should not beryllium weaponised. This is simply a usurpation of WTO norms and of the UN Charter and planetary law. While we condemn these acts, we reaffirm our enactment for the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independency of Afghanistan,” helium said.
On terrorism, Mr. Parvathaneni pointed retired that it remains a planetary scourge afflicting humanity and lone coordinated efforts of the planetary assemblage would guarantee that IS and al-Qaeda and their affiliates, including Pakistan-based “Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed and proxies of LeT specified arsenic The Resistance Front, on with those who facilitate their operations, nary longer indulge successful cross-border terrorism.”
Later, India besides exercised its Right of Reply to powerfully respond to Pakistan’s connection successful the Council meeting.
“I could not person expected thing amended from the esteemed typical of Pakistan. The laundry database that is regurgitated advertisement nauseum astatine each gathering of the Council and wastes the clip of this august assemblage is good known,” Mr. Parvathaneni said.
He reiterated that India's assistance is directed astatine the “friendly radical of Afghanistan. What we person done successful Afghanistan is known to the radical of Afghanistan and to the planetary community. I request adhd nary further comment. As acold arsenic problems successful Pakistan are concerned, Pakistan would bash good to look successful the reflector and look astatine problems within, alternatively than blasted my state for what it faces.”
Mr. Harish told the Council that India prioritises capableness gathering and humanitarian assistance initiatives for the Afghan people. With much than 500 improvement concern projects dispersed crossed each 34 provinces of Afghanistan, India is deepening its engagement successful healthcare, nationalist infrastructure and capableness building.
India continues to enactment with UN agencies arsenic good arsenic with agencies specified arsenic the Afghanistan Red Cross Society successful nutrient security, healthcare, acquisition and sports. The visits of Afghan Ministers past twelvemonth are “helping america to guarantee that this assistance is reaching those who request it the most.”
In the past 3 months, India delivered much than 1 cardinal doses of immunisation vaccines for children and 9.5 tonnes of anti-cancer medicine. In the coming months, it aims to present implicit 17 cardinal further doses of preventive vaccines to further fortify Afghanistan’s nationalist immunisation program. This is India’s concern successful the aboriginal of Afghanistan. Over the past 4.5 years, India has supplied 50,000 tonnes of wheat, 380 tonnes of medicines and vaccines and 40,000 litres of pesticides.
Following the 2 earthquakes past year, India was among the archetypal to supply humanitarian assistance to the tune of 60 tonnes of nutrient items, 42 tonnes of earthquake alleviation materials and 73 tonnes of indispensable medicines.
In concern with the UN Office connected Drugs and Crime (UNODC), India has provided 68 tonnes of aesculapian supplies and 32 tonnes of societal enactment items for the rehabilitation of cause addicts.
“On the agleam side, immoderate visitant to Afghanistan contiguous would spot Afghan younker enthusiastically playing cricket. The Afghanistan Cricket Team has been winning hearts wherever they person been playing and their tone and passionateness successful the just-concluded Cricket World Cup was notable. My federation is arrogant to beryllium portion of their travel and blessed to spot them bring immense joyousness to the radical of Afghanistan who are enduring truthful much,” Mr. Parvathaneni said.
