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- March 7, 2024
- Kainat Shakeel
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UNITED NATION: To stop the Taliban authorities from collaborating with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which is in charge of frequent assaults on Pakistan’s military and civilian targets, a senior Pakistani diplomat has urged the UN Security Council to support Pakistan in this demand. Ambassador Munir Akram alerted the 15-member Council on Wednesday that if the TTP is allowed to continue unchecked, funding from Al-Qaeda and some State sponsors might eventually become a worldwide terrorist danger.
During a deliberation over the state of affairs in Afghanistan, the envoy from Pakistan stated, “The Afghan Interim Government’s claim of full control of its territory, which it asserts to secure international recognition, is undermined by its failure to control the TTP and other terrorist groups.” In addition, he urged the UN to launch an investigation to determine how the TTP obtained cutting-edge military hardware and weapons and to pinpoint the sources of funding that the group uses to support its 50,000 militants, their families, and terrorist activities. Regarding the documented border events, Pakistani security forces’ exchange of gunfire was always a reaction to cross-border attacks on Pakistan’s border checkpoints and installations by the TTP and its affiliates.
“We would anticipate that the TTP and other terrorists would not be able to infiltrate Pakistani territory through such cross-border attacks and infiltration by the UN through the Afghan Interim Government.” Ambassador Akram emphasized that combating terrorism needs to be the top priority in any future roadmap for engagement with the Afghan Interim Government, pointing out that terrorist groups in Afghanistan are a security concern to all of the nation’s neighbors.
He also asserted that “unconditional” humanitarian aid must be given by the international community to millions of impoverished Afghans. To restore Afghanistan’s economy, the international community should assist in reviving the banking sector and make it easier for the central bank of the nation to receive frozen assets. According to Ambassador Akram, the Taliban must carry out its commitments under international law, particularly about the fundamental rights of women and children. It also needs to encourage inclusivity and, above all, put an end to terrorism within and from Afghanistan.
He demanded a practical road plan that outlined the actions the Afghan interim government and the international community would need to take for the nation to integrate into the global community. Along with outlining some criticisms of the Secretary-General’s report on the state of affairs in Afghanistan, the Pakistani envoy also mentioned the report’s assertion of an “unfavorable protection environment in Pakistan.” In doing so, he emphasized that Pakistan had provided nearly 5 million Afghan refugees with asylum for more than 40 years at significant economic, social, and security costs, all without much assistance from the international community.
In her briefing earlier, Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Afghanistan Roza Otunbayeva said that Afghanistan continues to be a constant source of difficulty for the international community. Along with a history of terrorism, instability, and producing 85% of the world’s opium, the country has also seen millions of people fleeing to neighboring countries and other places. Although the current situation of relative calm is commendable, Ms. Otunbayeva stated that it is critical to acknowledge the significant sacrifices made by the Taliban in suppressing opium cultivation and fighting Daesh.