UN Security Council Omits Taliban Reference From Statement On Terror

In another statement on Afghanistan on August 16, a day after Kabul fell to the Taliban, the UN Security Council's position was starkly different.

The United Nations Security Council has dropped the Taliban reference from a paragraph in its statement on terrorist attacks near Kabul airport that called on Afghan groups not to support terrorists "operating on the territory of any other other country". In diplomacy…A fortnight is a long time…The ‘T' word is gone…🤔Compare the marked portions of @UN Security Council statements issued on 16 August & on 27 August… pic.twitter.com/BPZTk23oqX India, which assumed the rotating Presidency of the United Nations Security Council for the month of August - signed off on the statement and issued it in its capacity as the chair for this month. In another statement on Afghanistan on August 16, a day after Kabul fell to the Taliban, the UN Security Council's position was starkly different when it warned that "neither the Taliban nor any other Afghan group or individual should support terrorists operating on the territory of any other country". Syed Akbaruddin, India's permanent representative at the United Nations till April last year, pointed out the difference in the two statements and said "the 'T' word is gone".