WASHINGTON: Pakistan has cautioned the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) that terrorist groups operating from safe havens inside Afghanistan continue to pose the most serious threat to its national security.
Islamabad urged the international community to take stronger action against these networks, which exploit both physical sanctuaries and digital platforms to destabilize the region.
In this regard. Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmed, said the terrorist entities such as Al Qaeda, IS-Khorasan, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), and Baloch insurgent groups including the BLA and Majeed Brigade were still operating with impunity from Afghan soil.
Furthermore, the envoy also underlined the growing cyber threat, pointing out that nearly 70 propaganda accounts traced to Afghan IP addresses were spreading extremist narratives.
In addition, the Ambassador Ahmed revealed that Pakistan and China had jointly requested the UNSC’s 1267 Sanctions Committee to designate the BLA and Majeed Brigade as terrorist organizations, urging the Council to act promptly to restrict their cross-border activities.
Moreover, he described the TTP as the largest UN-listed terrorist entity operating on Afghan territory, with an estimated 6,000 fighters. Pakistan, he said, had successfully intercepted multiple infiltration attempts and seized advanced military hardware, much of it abandoned during the withdrawal of international forces from Afghanistan.
Similarly, the ambassador recognized that while four years of Taliban rule had ended decades of civil war, the country remained gripped by sanctions, poverty, narcotics challenges and human rights concerns.
He said that the UN’s 2025 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan had so far secured only 27 percent of its required $2.42 billion.
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Ambassador Ahmed further reminded the Council that Pakistan has hosted millions of Afghan refugees for over four decades, often with limited international assistance, underlining the need for greater global burden-sharing.
