NEW DELHI – India has responded over the United States and Afghan Talibanpeace deal resulting into troops withdrawal from Afghanistan.

India on Monday reaffirmed its stance regarding the ongoing peace effortsin Afghanistan, reiterating that New Delhi has always supported a peacesettlement in Afghanistan which will ensure stability in the country,Khaama Press has reported.

India’s Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale told reporters that New Delhi alsosupports a peace settlement that should not leave ungoverned spaces forterrorists or their proxies to take advantage of.

“We support all peace initiatives. We have been a part of all of them andin some cases when we were not part of them initially we have beensupportive of them,” he was quoted as saying by India’s NDTV.

Mr. Gokhale further added “Our issue has been what is the post-settlementsituation. In that regard, our situation has been clear, we support asystem which has constitutional legitimacy, which has a political mandate,which will ensure stability and most importantly not leave ungovernedspaces for terrorists or their proxies to take advantage of.”

This comes as the U.S. and Taliban representatives recently concluded the 9th round of peace talks in Qatari capital of Doha.