France joins India's proposal at UNSC to designate two from JeM as global terrorists

New Delhi, Sept 9: France has joined India for a proposal at UNSC to declare Pakistan based two Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorists, Mohiuddin Aurangzeb Alamgir and Ali Kashif Jan, as globally designated terrorists. The development comes ahead of ahead of French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna’s first visit to the country next Wednesday (Sept 14).

 

 

 

 

During her first visit to India as a minister, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna will be in Delhi between Sept 14 and 15, as she will be meeting the top leadership of the country. Reports suggest that France will be co-sponsoring the proposal with India to declare two Pakistan based JeM terrorists as globally designated terrorists.

 

 

 

 

 

Aurangzeb Alamgir alias Mujahid Bhai and Ali Kashif Jan alias Jan Ali Kashif were designated terrorists under the UAPA, 1967 by the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs on Apr 12. Alamgir, resident of Bahawalpur in Pakistan was the key conspirator, fund raiser and infiltration commander responsible for the 2019 Pulwama terror strike in which 40 CRPF men were killed by a JeM suicide bomber. Alamgir is also responsible for infiltrating Afghan terrorists into Jammu and Kashmir as well as coordinating terror attacks in the valley, the officials said.

 

Whereas the other terrorist, Ali Kashif Jan, resident of Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, is operational commander and part of the core planning committee of the Bahawalpur based JeM group run by the Masood Azhar Alvi family enterprise. He was the handler of the terrorists involved in the 2016 Pathankot Air Force Station attack in India and is a prime accused in many cases under investigation by the NIA. One of the key commanders of JeM, Ali Kashif Jan operates from the Sialkot sector across the Line of Control in Jammu and launches infiltrators under covering fire from the Pakistan Army into India.