India on Thursday said that the transition of power in Afghanistan has been without negotiation and in a non-inclusive manner, raising questions on its acceptability.
India’s Secretary (West) in the Ministry of External Affairs Reenat Sandhu, speaking at the Community of Democracies 10th Ministerial Conference ‘Democracy and Resilience: Shared Goals’, said it is important that the new government in Afghanistan is broad-based and inclusive, representing all sections of Afghan society, including women and minorities.
The Taliban took control of Kabul on August 15 and have put in place a hardline interim 33-member Cabinet that has no woman and includes UN-designated terrorists.
“Over the past month, we have witnessed dramatic changes in Afghanistan.
