Afghanistan dismisses Taliban’s claims, admits India is the biggest donor to reconstruct the country

India is one among Afghanistan’s biggest donor nations within the war-torn country’s reconstruction efforts and New Delhi has been supportive of the social process , the govt has asserted.

Rejecting the Afghan Taliban’s statement that India has been playing a negative role within the country for the past 40 years, the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Gran Hewad, said that Afghanistan’s relations with India are within international frameworks and supported mutual respect.

India has been a key stakeholder within the peace and reconciliation process in Afghanistan. it’s been supporting a national peace and reconciliation process which is Afghan-led, Afghan-owned and Afghan controlled.

Hewad told Radio Azadi that thus far India has been cooperating within the development and reconstruction areas and is predicted to contribute to the social process also .

India is one among the most important donor countries and has helped Afghanistan in development and reconstruction areas, we appreciate their cooperation. We expect India and other neighboring countries to play a big role in Afghan social process , Hewad said.

The Deputy of Qatar-based Taliban political office, Mula Abas Stanekzai, recently alleged that in the last 20 years , India has only cooperated and kept ties with those that are corrupt and are put in power by foreigners not elected by the Afghan people.

He mentioned that India should cooperate with Afghan social process .

US Representative for Peace and Reconciliation Zalmai Khalilzad had discussed the Afghan peace with Indian officials and sought their cooperation during his visit to India. Khalilzad was in New Delhi earlier this month.

Afghan political analyst Khalid Sadaat told Radio Azadi that if the Taliban continues to form such remarks, it’ll hurt Afghanistan’s diplomatic ties within the future.

Taliban shouldn’t give themselves this liberty to form country and state-level remarks, because it will have negative consequences for Afghanistan within the future.

And the other thing is that India and Pakistan are having historical enmity and Pakistan is playing a proxy role in Afghanistan and therefore the Taliban are being accused of playing Pakistan’s proxy role in Afghanistan and are backed by Pakistan, i think these assertions of the Taliban are on Pakistan’s demand, he said.