‘Terror groups in Afghanistan greatest threat to regional security’, Pakistan tells UNSC

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On Tuesday, UN Ambassador Munir Akram’s Permanent Representative of Pakistan described the presence of more than 20 terrorist organizations in Afghanistan as the greatest threat to security and stability in the region.

Addressing a meeting of the UN Security Council (UNSC), the ambassador warned that the illegal Tahrik Talban Pakistan (TTP)-which is based in Afghanistan-was emerging as an umbrella for regional terrorist groups.

These comments by envoy Ikram have come up against the backdrop of Pakistan’s ongoing efforts to curb terrorism, as according to a global report on global terrorism, the world has emerged as the second most affected nation in the world.

It has been placed from the fourth position to second place-a 45 % increase in terrorism deaths has been observed, while in 2023, 748 to 2024 increased from 1,081.

The number of terrorist attacks increased from 517 to more than doubled in 2023, in 2024, which also marked the first year that the attacks exceeded the number 1,000 since the beginning of the index.

According to the report, the increase in terrorist attacks is agreed upon by the increase in the power of the Afghan Taliban in Kabul.

Last week, security forces successfully foiled a cowardly terrorist attack on Banu Cantonment in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, killing all 16 militants trying to enter the facility.

However, in the exchange of fire, five soldiers were martyred with 13 civilians. Unclear, the country’s security forces have continued a significant action against the terrorists and even arrested Mohammad Sharifullah alias Jafar on the intelligence provided by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and handed it over to the United States.

The arrest of terrorists as the most important suspect in the attack on Afghanistan’s Kabul Airport in 2021 is important, resulting in the killing of at least 170 Afghans as well as 13 US soldiers.

‘Proof of Kabul’s involvement’

Echoing the GTI report, Ambassador Akram said TTP – with more than 6,000 fighters – was the largest terrorist organization working from the Afghan soil.

“With [terrorrist] Near the Safe shelter, the TTP has carried out several attacks against Pakistani soldiers, civilians and institutions, resulting in hundreds of casualties.

He noted, “We have evidence that Kabul authorities have not only tolerated but are also involved in conducting cross -border attacks from TTP terrorism,” he added, adding that TTP is cooperating with other terrorist groups in Afghanistan, such as the Baloch Liberation Army, and the BRI.

The statement supports the statistics mentioned by the GTI report, which not only has been termed the TTP as the deadliest terrorist group for Pakistan-which contains 52 % of all terrorist deaths-but it also highlighted that the banning organization has increased the protection from cross-border freedom.

“Kabul authorities have failed to deal with the threat posed by other terrorist groups, such as al -Qaeda, TTP and Baloch terrorists, ahead of Kabul, including the BLA and the Majid Brigade, who are in Afghanistan,” the envoy remarked.

Akram highlighted the recovery of modern weapons-Afghan authorities have obtained from the stock behind foreign forces under retaliation against TTP.

Expressing regret that it is “strange” that the Secretary -General’s report titled “The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security”, which covered humanitarian, economic and human rights issues, but did not pay attention to the issue of terrorism, but the ambassador said that a reasonable solution was to resolve the issue. The procedure will be resolved.