Islamabad: The latest UN report has vindicated Pakistan’s longstanding position on threats posed to Pakistan and the region by various terrorist groups in Afghanistan, the Foreign Office said.
Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri said in a statement that the UN report “vindicates Pakistan’s longstanding position on threats posed to Pakistan and the region by groups like the TTP, Jamaatul Ahrar (JuA), Hizbul Ahrar (HuA) and their affiliates, based in Afghanistan”.
Pakistan has also drawn the attention of the international community to the support provided to the TTP and its affiliates by the hostile intelligence agencies, he emphasized, adding that such support led to the merger of JuA, HuA and other splinter groups of LeJ (Lashkar-e-Jhangvi) with the TTP in Afghanistan last year.
MoFA says TTP, JuA, HuA, Afghan affiliates pose threat to entire region
FO spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri. PHOTO: MOFA/FILE
The United Nations in its recent report has vindicated Pakistan’s longstanding position on threats posed to the country and region by terror outfits like Tehreeke-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (JuA), Hizbul-Ahrar (HuA) and their affiliates based in Afghanistan, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) in a statement on Sunday.
Pakistan, in the past, has drawn attention of the international community to the support provided to TTP and its affiliates by the hostile intelligence agencies, the statement said.
One of the results of that support was the merger of JuA, HuA, and other splinter groups of LeJ (Lashkare-Jhangvi) with TTP in Afghanistan last year, it added.
Report warns of increased threat level to region
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KARACHI:
Afghanistan continues to serve as a sanctuary for terror groups including the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), according to a recent United Nations report.
The twenty-seventh report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team states that the TTP was reported to have overseen a reunification of splinter groups in Afghanistan.
According to the document, this reunion of terror groups was moderated by al Qaeda and was expected to increase the threat to Afghanistan, Pakistan and the region.
Commenting on the report, Major General (retd) Inamul Haq said controlled terrorism has always been used by the government in Kabul to malign Islamabad’s position and to influence Washington DC’s plan to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan. The TTP, he said, has shifted its base to Afghan territory.