Pakistan’s extremist group Jaish-e-Mohammad and Lashkar-e-Taiba
India’s Ministry of External Affairs said a UN report had vindicated its stance that Pakistan is the epicentre of global terrorism. According to the report Pakistan’s extremist group Jaish-e-Mohammad and Lashkar-e-Taiba have been sending militants into Afghanistan, threatening to derail the peace process in the country.
“This vindicates India’s long-standing position that Pakistan remains the epicentre of international terrorism,” External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said.
Srivastava further added that banned terrorist groups enjoy haven in Pakistan with state support. “They inflict violence and spread terrorism in the region and other parts of the world,” he said. “Pakistan has failed in fulfilling its international obligations, including under relevant UNSC resolutions and the Financial Action Task Force, to put an end to support to terrorism.”
Srivastava said that the international community should hold Pakistan accountable and demand that the country take sustained, verifiable and irreversible action against terrorist groups.
The 25th report of the United Nations Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team was issued late last month. According to the report, around 6,500 Pakistanis are among foreign terrorists operating in Afghanistan.
The UN report said Afghan officials highlighted that Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, Jaish-e-Mohammad and Lashkar-e-Taiba are among the foreign extremist groups that pose a danger in Afghanistan. “All three groups have a presence in the eastern Afghan provinces of Kunar, Nangarhar and Nuristan,” the report said.