The United Nations Security Council is calling for talks to create a new government in Afghanistan and an end to fighting and abuse after UN chief Antonio Guterres warned of “chilling” Taliban curbs on human rights and mounting violations against women and girls. The 15-member council issued a statement on Monday, agreed by consensus, after Guterres appealed to the body to “use all tools at its disposal to suppress the global terrorist threat in Afghanistan” and guarantee respect for human rights. “We cannot and must not abandon the people of Afghanistan,” Guterres told the Security Council. An emergency UNSC meeting on Afghanistan was held on Monday at the UN headquarters in New York after the Taliban entered Kabul and President Ashraf Ghani left Afghanistan on Sunday as the group took over the country 20 years after they were overthrown by a US-led invasion.
According to reports, British Foreign Minister Dominic Raab also expressed his concerns about the future of Afghanistan and called on the Taliban to end violence as they entered Kabul. As said, Dominic Raab also talked with Foreign Minister of Pakistan Shah Mahmood Qureshi about the future of Afghanistan. According to the British Foreign Ministry, the two leaders agreed that the international community is united in telling the Taliban that the violence must end, and human rights must be protected.
The unilateral US troops withdrawal instigated the Taliban to speed up their offensive against Afghan Army and the Spoilers both inside and from out of the country could not be restricted from generating their spoiling activities against the Peace process. In fact, the US strategy on Afghanistan witnessed complete failure both in diplomatic and militarily domains. The United States could persuade the Ghani government to limit its resistance toward the peace process initiated by the US administration, however Blinken remained apologetic toward Ghani’s ploy. On the other hand, the subversive role played by India is also not hidden by the world. Although Kabulov and other leaders are endeavoring to convene an urgent meeting of the UNSC on the Afghan issue however, no constructive response is expected from the UNSC under the control of India’s Tirumurti.
