INDIA PLAYED CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN : PENTAGON

  • 11/08/2021

The Pentagon admitted on Monday that India previously played a positive role in Afghanistan.  Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said, ‘India has played a constructive role in Afghanistan in the past in terms of training and other infrastructure improvements.’‘That kind of work and effort to help Afghanistan maintain stability and good governances is always welcome,’ he stated when asked about India-US cooperation on Afghanistan.

‘We are mindful that those safe havens are only providing a source of more insecurity and more instability inside Afghanistan. We are not bashful about having that discussion with Pakistani leaders,’ he said.We are also mindful that Pakistan and the Pakistani people also fall victim to terrorist activities that emanate from that region. So, we all have a shared sense of the importance of closing down those safe havens and not allowing them to be used by the Taliban or other terrorist networks to sew discord. And again, we’re having that conversation with the Pakistanis all the time,’ Kirby added.According to him, Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin shares the concern of the international community about the security situation in Afghanistan, which is plainly not improving. ‘The secretary continues to believe that the Afghan Forces have the capability, they have the capacity to make a big difference on the battlefield,’ he asserted. 

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