Shafaqna Pakistan: Pakistan’s UN envoy Asim Iftikhar Ahmad has told the UN Security Council that more than 4,700 Pakistanis have been killed in terrorist attacks originating from Afghanistan over the past three years.
Speaking during a Security Council meeting on threats to international peace and security held in connection with the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, Ahmad alleged that militant groups continued to operate from safe havens in Afghanistan without facing effective restrictions.
“More than 4,700 innocent Pakistanis have lost their lives to terrorism emanating from Afghanistan over the last three years,” the Pakistani ambassador said.
Ahmad also accused groups including the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and its Majeed Brigade of carrying out some of the country’s most deadly attacks. He alleged that these organisations continued to operate from sanctuaries in Afghanistan with “significant external support”.
Ahmad said entities such as the BLA operate freely in the absence of “restrictive measures and sanctions” imposed by the Security Council that he noted could have contained their activities.
“And other groups, including ETIM and ISIL, also need to be effectively countered,” he said, referring to the East Turkistan Islamic Movement and a regional Daesh affiliate.
Pakistan routinely blames Afghan authorities for allowing militants to cross the border and attack Pakistani law enforcers.
Pakistani security forces killed four militants affiliated with the TTP in the northwestern Kurram district on Friday, state media reported, among them an Afghan national named Ubaidullah Saad.
APP reported that Saad was a resident of Afghanistan’s Shah Qila village in Logar province.
“It is pertinent to note that Ubaidullah Saad was involved in multiple terrorist activities in Pakistan,” APP said.
Source: Dunya News
