The US does not look at the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan through an “Indian lens,” US State Department spokesperson Zed Tarar said on Thursday.
Zed Tarar was asked if the US was concerned about India’s national security after the Taliban takeover. Tarar is the US state department’s Hindi and Urdu language spokesperson.
He further said that Afghanistan’s situation affects every country in the region and that the US wants to partner with its allies and see that the Afghanistan situation does not deteriorate further.
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"We want to partner with our allies to try and see that the situation in Afghanistan does not deteriorate and that people in Afghanistan have a bright future," he said.
US Secretary of state Antony Blinken recently co-led a virtual meeting consisting of 22 allied nations from NATO, the European Union, and the United Nations in Germany.
Media persons from the Times of India then asked Tarar about Pakistan’s involvement and support to the Taliban, to which he replied "we are watching the formation of the government in Afghanistan very closely. Pakistan and India are part of that 22 nations’ delegation that was carried out by Antony Blinken. No one country can improve outcomes in Afghanistan. We need to see in the coming days and weeks whether the Taliban keeps to its commitments."
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He further said that the US has allied interests with Pakistan and Washington is looking to work with Islamabad on numerous concerns including counter-terrorism, Covid-19, and climate change."
Tarar further talked about Joe Biden’s decision of pulling US troops out of Afghanistan and said that the President still backs his decision. He also reiterated that India is ”one of the most critical partners” to the US and has several engagements in place with Washington, be it Covid-19 or climate control.
