The Islamic Republic of Pakistan, has been urged not to promote radicalisation and using hard-line fundamentalists for its own interest.
Diplomats, politicians and experts who made the call at a two-day international conference on radicalization, Threats to the Architecture of Global Stability.
The conference had in attendance, speakers and delegates from over 25 countries, organised by IIM Rohtak in New Delhi, India, called on Pakistan to avoid any move that will pose a threat to regional peace and stability.
Afghanistan Ambassador to India, Farid Mamundzay, alleged that following the withdrawal of the United States troops from the Afghan territory, the Pakistani Army plundered away the arms and ammunition left behind by the United States Army.
“Hundreds of military vehicles with large quantities of arms and ammunition were taken away by the Pakistan Army to Sialkot and other places in Punjab, Pakistan where they manufacture their own military equipment,” Mamundzay said.
Mamundzay also said that, taking a cursory look at the positive role played by India in rebuilding Afghanistan in the last two decades, it should be made part of the Troika constituted on Afghanistan-related issues.
The Afghan envoy further suggested that India should be allowed to form part of the deliberations of any international body put together in the handling of the issue of Afghanistan crises.
“India’s presence in the UN Security Council as a non permanent member will also benefit Afghanistan.
“The presence of India in the UN Security Council must continue,” he said.
The international community must exert pressure on the interim Taliban Government to prevent flagrant human rights violations and improvement of the status of women.
On his part, a Member of Bangladeshi Parliament, Hasanul Haq Inu, disclosed that India has spent millions of dollars in building schools and other infrastructures in Afghanistan.
Ex-Nepalese Diplomat, Dr Vijay Kant Karnak also said, measures that could reduce radicalisation such as adopting secular policies, eliminating religious, cultural or ethnic differences, equitable access to state resources, empowering the marginalized and minority communities etc, would go a long way in curtailing radicalisation.
In his contribution, an eminent speaker on Bangladesh genocide, Dr Nuzhat Choudhury, said the radicalised groups operating in Afghanistan and beyond do not believe in the concept of nation-states or international boundaries.
A Professor of Management and former Director of the Indian Institute of Management Rohtak, Prof Dheeraj Sharma, said it has become obvious that radicalisation has become a business for a few selected extremist groups, who were exploiting religion as a commodity for furthering their own propaganda.
