Cautioning that the current situation in Afghanistan has raised new security questions, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said the Central Government is capable of dealing with any scenario.

Making this assertion, he also said the government is alert to the fast evolving sequence of events.  No anti-national force should be allowed to encourage terrorism from across the border by taking advantage of the developments in Afghanistan, the minister said.

Addressing the third Balramji Dass Tandon memorial lecture organised by Panjab University, Chandigarh on the issue of national security, Rajnath said “What is happening in neighbouring Afghanistan is raising new questions in terms of security and our government is keeping a watch on the developments there.”

Along with the security of Indians, he said in a virtual address “Our government also wants that anti-national forces do not encourage terrorism from across the border by taking advantage of the development there.”

“We have some more concerns which can become challenges from the point of view of national security,” he added.  Rajnath said the Modi-led government at the Centre is alert and capable of dealing with any situation.

In an address to the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington on Sunday, Rajnath had said rapidly changing situation in

Afghanistan after the Taliban taking over is a “challenge” for India and the Government has been forced to rethink its strategy.

He also said the recent developments resulted in India forging alliance with the countries forming the Quad. It comprisesthe US, India, Japan and Australia.

Rajnath said alignment and re-alignment of global powers have added to the already changing security challenges and the changing equations in Afghanistan are a recent and important example of this.