Islamabad
\nThe United Nations Security Council (UNSC) report has endorsed Pakistan\u2019s view regarding terrorists of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) taking refuge within hideouts and sanctuaries in Afghanistan.
\nAddressing the weekly press briefing in Islamabad on Thursday, Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said that the report mentions how the TTP \u2014 declared as \u2018Fitna al-Khawarij\u2019 by the Pakistani government \u2014 could \u201ctransform into an extra regional threat as well as and \u201cumbrella organisation\u201d of other terror groups.
\nThe UN report, according to Baloch, pointed out that the TTP operatives and its new recruits are being trained in Afghanistan.
\nFO then urged Afghanistan to take immediate, effective and robust action against the terrorist groups including the \u2018Fitna al-Khawarij\u2019. Baloch further maintained that the Afghan side must ensure that their land is not used for terrorist activities inside Pakistan.
\nThe FO spokesperson said that Pakistan had long been conveying that the terrorist outfit had a support structure in Afghanistan, adding that the UN report highlighted the increased collaboration of the banned terrorist organisation with the Afghan Taliban.
\n\u201cWe have also been urging Afghanistan to take immediate and robust action against those using Afghan soil for terror activities in Pakistan,\u201d she said.
\nThe FO remarks came in response to the UNSC report that revealed \u201can increased collaboration between the TTP and Afghan Taliban in the cross-border terrorist attacks mainly against Pakistani military posts\u201d.
\nThe Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team, which produced the UNSC report, said Pakistan suffered more than eight hundred attacks in the past several months.
\nIt added that the terrorist threat emanating from Afghanistan is causing heightened concern in many UN member states.
\nThe report underscored that there is increased support and collaboration between TTP and the Taliban, sharing manpower and training camps in Afghanistan and conducting more lethal attacks under the banner of Tehrik-e Jihad Pakistan.
\n\u201cAccording to the report, Al-Qaeda seeks to strengthen cooperation with regional terrorist organizations of non-Afghan origin, such as ETIM\/TIP, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and Jamaat Ansarullah for expansion to Central Asia,\u201d a Radio Pakistan news report stated.
\nFO denounces Israel\u2019s aggression against Palestinians
\nMeanwhile, FO spokesperson also commented on the assassination of the Chief of the Political Bureau of Hamas Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, stating that targeting individuals inside sovereign states is a violation of international law and global norms.
\nBaloch maintained that such acts carry the seeds of further escalation and that it is yet another demonstration of indiscriminate and disproportionate Israeli aggression that has continued unabated to the detriment of regional and global peace and security
\nThe spokesperson said Israel must be held accountable for its transgressions and actions.
\n\u201cIsraeli\u2019s extraterritorial acts have endangered regional security,\u201d a statement by the FO read,
\nBaloch urged the backers of Israel to prevail on Israel to end its unlawful military operations in violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of countries in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Islamabad The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) report has endorsed Pakistan\u2019s view regarding terrorists of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) taking refuge within hideouts and sanctuaries in Afghanistan. Addressing the weekly press briefing in Islamabad on Thursday, Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said that the report mentions how the TTP \u2014 declared as \u2018Fitna […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-422214","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n