The UN Security Council members demand zero tolerance for terrorism in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan and require a political settlement for the regime to be recognised, India's Permanent Representative TS Tirumurti said on August 16, reports ianslive.in. He said that the session heard "the sentiments among the council members on zero tolerance for terrorism, and the Secretary General (Antonio Guterres) unequivocally underlined this important aspect". Tirumurti added that the members "reaffirmed the fact that we need immediate cessation of hostilities, and violence". As for recognition of Afghanistan's new regime, he said the precondition was "a political settlement". "And that political settlement should fully respect the human rights of women, children, and minorities," he said.