The UNSC report has supported Pakistan’s position that terrorists belonging to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which is outlawed, are seeking sanctuary and hideouts in Afghanistan.
The report discusses how the TTP, which the Pakistani government has designated as “Fitna al-Khawarij,” could “transform into an extra regional threat as well as and “umbrella organization” of other terror groups,” Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said on Thursday during the weekly press briefing in Islamabad.
Baloch said that the UN report made clear that TTP members and fresh recruits are receiving training in Afghanistan.
FO then urged with Afghanistan to act decisively, forcefully, and promptly against terrorist organizations, including “Fitna al-Khawarij.” Baloch went on to say that the Afghan side needed to make sure that their territory was not being exploited for terrorist operations within Pakistan.
The FO spokesperson stated that the UN report showed the growing cooperation between the terrorist organization that is outlawed and the Taliban in Afghanistan, and that Pakistan has long been expressing that the terrorist group had a support system in that country.
“We have also been pushing Afghanistan to take immediate and strong action against those using Afghan soil for terrorist activities in Pakistan,” she continued.
The UNSC report that exposed “an increased partnership between the TTP and Afghan Taliban in the cross-border terrorist attacks, mainly against Pakistani military posts” prompted the FO’s statement.
Pakistan has been the target of more than eight hundred assaults in the last several months, according to the UNSC report prepared by the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team.
It also stated that several UN member nations are experiencing increased worry due to the terrorist threat originating from Afghanistan.
The report emphasized that the TTP and the Taliban are working together more and providing greater support. They are sharing training camps and manpower in Afghanistan and launching more deadly assaults under the Tehrik-e Jihad Pakistan banner.
