India warns of Afghanistan becoming a haven for JeM, LeT; calls for action

New York, June 24: India warned of Afghanistan becoming a haven for terrorist organisations that threaten the region and called for unified action against the Islamic State, Al-Qaeda, Jaish-e-Mohammed, and Lashkar-e-Taiba getting entrenched there.

 

 

“We need to see concrete progress in ensuring that such proscribed terrorists, entities or their aliases do not get any support, tacit or direct, either from Afghan soil or from the terror sanctuaries based in the region,” India’s Permanent Representative T.S. Tirumurti told the UN Security Council.

 

The linkages between groups listed as terrorist organisations by the UNSC as well as provocative statements made by other terrorist groups operating out of Afghanistan pose a direct threat to the region, he said.

 

 

He further said that the Taliban, which now controls Afghanistan, is yet to dissociate itself from other terrorist groups such as Al-Qaeda which continue to remain active. Unified action is needed to ensure that Afghanistan does not become a haven for other terrorist organisations, including the local Islamic State affiliates, he said.

 

 

Tirumurti also expressed concern over a significant increase in the presence of ISIL-K in the country and their capacity to carry out attacks.

 

ISIL-K, with its base reportedly in Afghanistan, continues to issue threats of terrorist attacks on other countries and had claimed responsibility for the attack on gurdwara Karte Parwan in Kabul last week.

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