Sri Lanka, June 11 -- India said the current UN sanctions regime must take into account the changed political reality of Afghanistan, and called for incentivising positive actions rather than only wielding tools of punishment.

"We lend our voice again in reemphasising the importance of incentivising positive actions. The political reality of Afghanistan has changed in the last five years and the current UN sanctions regime must take that into account," India's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Harish Parvathaneni said.

Addressing the UN Security Council meeting on the 'Situation in Afghanistan' Monday, Parvathaneni said the UN and international community need policy instruments that aim to benefit the people of Afghanistan a...