India strongly condemned Pakistan’s airstrikes in Afghanistan during the UN Security Council session. The attacks raise serious concerns over regional stability and international law violations, India said.
India on Thursday denounced Pakistan’s airstrikes in Afghanistan at a United Nations Security Council session, calling the attacks — which killed women, children and even local cricketers — a grave breach of international law and a threat to regional stability.
Fresh clashes between Afghan and Pakistani forces erupted earlier this week, less than two months after both sides agreed to a ceasefire to halt weeks of fighting along the volatile border. Both sides accused the other of breaking the fragile truce.
Parvathaneni Harish, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, said New Delhi is “gravely concerned” by Pakistan’s “trade and transit terrorism,” referring to Islamabad’s repeated closure of border access for landlocked Afghanistan.
“We add our voice to calls for paying full respect to the United Nations Charter and international law with particular attention to protection of innocent civilians,” he said.
“The cynical closure of access for a land locked country whose people are suffering numerous debilitating conditions since many years are in violation of WTO norms,” Harish said. “Such open threats and acts of war against a fragile and vulnerable LLDC nation, trying to rebuild in difficult circumstances, constitute a blatant violation of the UN Charter and international law.”
“While we condemn such acts, we also strongly support the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Afghanistan,” he added.
