India has told the UN that the international community should remain engaged in Afghanistan for security and stability. Permanent Representative to the UN, Hardeep Singh Puri, told the Security Council yesterday that the security of Afghanistan has an impact on India as a close neighbour and a civilisational partner whose ties with the Afghan people stretch into antiquity. In his address to the Security Council during an open debate on Afghanistan Puri noted that the international community as a whole has made a great contribution in assisting Afghanistan to stand on its feet. He said for lasting peace and stability in Afghanistan, it is critical that the international community remains engaged in Afghanistan both on the security side as well as on development and capacity building efforts. The Permanent Representative to the UN said India supports the efforts of the Afghan Government to reintegrate those individuals who are willing to abjure violence and are willing to abide by the values of democracy, pluralism and human rights as enshrined in the Afghan Constitution.