Without peace, no country will come out for development of Afghanistan: Expert

With the Taliban leadership hoping to rely on financial help from China, a senior foreign policy expert believes that without peace and stability, no other country will come out for the development of Afghanistan.

New Delhi: Now that the foreign troops have left Afghanistan and the Taliban leadership is hoping to rely on financial help from China, foreign policy experts believe that without peace and stability, no other country will come out for the development of Afghanistan.

Speaking to ETV Bharat, Qamar Agha, foreign policy expert said, "First of all, for any aid to come to Afghanistan, they will have to establish peace and stability. This basically means people have to accept Taliban. At present, they have very little support within the country and already in some parts the fights are going on. So therefore, it will take some time."

"The Chinese are also studying. China has lot of stake in Afghanistan, they want to extend the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. China is also looking to do business with them. But, first of all, they'll have to establish peace, only then these things could happen," he added.

Talking about Al Qaeda's statement calling upon the global Muslim community to "free" other Muslim land, including Kashmir, after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, Qamar Agha said, "Now, Al Qaeda is emboldened again. This time they have selected India, particularly Kashmir. It'll create problem for us, they have bases in Afghanistan as well as in Pakistan and they will create trouble for us in Kashmir."

The foreign policy expert further said the Indian government is quite prepared and the security apparatus has been dealing with such elements for a very long time. They know how to handle the situation but nevertheless it's a major problem for the government.

"We are living in a globalised world where the countries are governed by the United Nations charter, which does not allow such acts. These are the people who have committed maximum human rights violations. The way they are treating the local people is not right. This is not what they had promised to the people living there, the people are being harrassed. These are the things on which they should work on rather than championing the global Islamic cause," said the expert.

Speaking on the meeting between Indian Ambassador to Qatar, Deepak Mittal and head of Taliban's political office Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai, Qamar Agha said, "Abbas has agreed on almost all the points. He said that Afghanistan's soil will not be used for anti-Indian activities and terrorism. Besides this, they also promised that they will not allow Al Qaeda to operate."

Qamar Agha said it looks that the top leadership of Taliban want some moderation and want to establish some Saudi or Iranian type of government but the rank and file remain the same.