TIL Desk/World/UN/ In a veiled reference to Pakistan, India has said safe havens in Afghanistan’s neighbourhood have for years provided safety for the “dark agendas” of various terror outfits like the Taliban and the Lashkar-e-Tayiba. India also called for crippling the illicit drug trade which provides financial sustenance to these terror outfits.
India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin said at a Security Council debate on Afghanistan Monday that the Taliban, aided by their supporters, continue to pursue military operations perpetrating violence and destruction, like the recent attack in Ghazni, over several parts of Afghanistan.
“These offensives are planned and launched by those who are harboured in safe havens in the neighbourhood of Afghanistan. These sanctuaries have, for years, provided safety for the dark agendas of ideologically and operationally-fused terror networks like the Taliban, Haqqani network, Daesh, Al-Qaeda and its proscribed affiliates such as the Lashkar-e-Tayiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed,” he said.
