'Pakistan remains an epicentre of global terrorism': India on explosive UN report

Following a report submitted to United Nations that says that re are 6,500 Pakistanis among or foreign terrorist fighters in Afghanistan, India said it vindicates country's long-standing position that Pakistan remains an epicentre of international terrorism. Those Pakistani terrorists are allied to groups like Taliban, Al-Qaida, and Islamic State in Iraq and Levant-Khorasan (ISIL-K).

A report of Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team, which was submitted to UN Security Council (UNSC), says among those groups posing a security threat, Afghan officials highlighted Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, Jaish-i-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Tayyiba groups on which Team has written in previous reports. 

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India's response

India's Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement, "We te with serious concern presence of senior leership of UN-designated terrorist organisation Al Qaida and its affiliates in Afghanistan; as well as a large number of foreign terrorist fighters, including up to 6,500 Pakistani nationals, operating in Afghanistan. This vindicates India’s long-standing position that Pak remains an epicentre of international terrorism. That proscribed terrorist entities and individuals continue to enjoy safe havens and recruit, train, arm, finance, and operate with impunity from Pakistan with state support."

MEA furr said that UN-designated entities like Lashkar-e-Tayyiba and Jaish-i-Mohammed operating from Pakistan controlled territories are facilitating trafficking and imparting training to or terrorists in Afghanistan

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What UN report says

" presence of se groups is centred in eastern provinces of Kunar, Nangarhar and Nuristan, where y operate under umbrella of Afghan Taliban," says UN report. TTP, JeM and LeT are all designated terror groups in India and latter two have been involved in cross-border attacks on civilians as well as military targets.

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