Pakistan Seeks UNSC Action on Terror Groups Operating Under Taliban Rule

KABUL – Pakistan has warned the United Nations Security Council that armed groups sheltering in Afghanistan remain the gravest threat to its national security, saying the Taliban has failed to prevent cross-border militancy.

Speaking at Wednesday’s session on Afghanistan, Pakistan’s UN envoy Asim Iftikhar Ahmed said groups such as Al-Qaeda, Islamic State Khorasan (ISKP), Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), and Baloch insurgent factions continue to operate “with impunity” from Afghan soil.