India, Maldives to strengthen capacity building to combat terrorism
New Delhi, Apr 8 (UNI) India and the Maldives on Thursday agreed to strengthen capacity building for security and stressed the need to strengthen international cooperation to combat terrorism in a comprehensive and sustained manner.
At the first meeting of India-Maldives Joint Working Group on Counter Terrorism, the two sides reviewed threats posed by terrorist entities that are under UN sanctions and emphasised the need for concerted action against all terrorist networks. They underlined the urgent need for all countries to take immediate, sustained, verifiable and irreversible action to ensure that no territory under their control is used for terrorist attacks on others and to expeditiously bring to justice the perpetrators of such attacks, said the Ministry of External Affairs in a statement.
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Ministry of External Affairs Secretary (West) Vikas Swarup
India expresses support for UN s mine action efforts, calls for joint action against use of landmines, IEDs by terrorists ANI | Updated: Apr 08, 2021 22:10 IST
New York [US], April 8 (ANI): India on Thursday expressed support for the mine action efforts of the United Nations (UN) agencies, adding that the UN Mine Action Service s (UNMAS) mine action has remained pivotal to the safety and security of peacekeepers around the world.
Speaking at a UN Security Council open debate, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Secretary (West) Vikas Swarup said: It is a matter of deep concern that terrorist groups such as Da esh, Hayat Taharir Al Sham [HTS], Al Nusra Front, have resorted to landmines and IEDs as low cost and effective options to spread terror and threaten innocent civilians. We are also witnessing similar trend in Mali, where peacekeepers have been targeted by IEDs.
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UN chief warns that use of IEDs is increasing globally
EDITH M. LEDERER , Associated Press
April 8, 2021
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An Afghan security official looks for mines or improvised explosive device with metal detector on a roadside during a trip organized by the police for The Associated Press, in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 17, 2021. Sticky bombs slapped onto cars trapped in Kabul’s chaotic traffic are the newest weapons terrorizing Afghans in the increasingly lawless nation. The surge of bombings comes as Washington searches for a responsible exit from decades of war.Rahmat Gul/AP
UNITED NATIONS (AP) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Thursday that the use of improvised explosive devices is increasing as conflicts become more urbanized and armed groups proliferate, and he urged nations to work together to curb the threat from those weapons as well as land mines and other remnants of war.