Pakistan demands UN probe into source of TTP funding, warns of global threat

Pakistan's representative to the UN in New York, Munir Akram, also urged interim Afghan government to sever ties with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

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Pakistan has urged the United Nations to investigate the sources of financing of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in a statement issued after its permanent representative to the UN in New York, Munir Akram, spoke at the UN Security Council on Afghanistan.

In his statement, Akram said that the TTP was supported by Al-Qaeda and some state sponsors and that if left unchecked, it could soon pose a global terrorist threat. He said that the international community must join Pakistan in its demand that the Interim Afghan Government sever its ties with the TTP and its affiliates.

“I am confident that this Council will join Pakistan in demanding that the AIG terminate its relationship with the TTP and its affiliates and prevent them from having free rein to conduct cross-border attacks against Pakistan or other neighbours,” Akram said.

He further stated that the UNAMA mandate does not cover issues relating to terrorism. Yet, terrorism, within and from Afghanistan, poses the most serious impediment to normalization in Afghanistan, he said.

Adding, “The terrorist organisations pose a security threat to each one of Afghanistan’s immediate neighbours. Counterterrorism must be the highest priority in any future Road Map for engagement with the Afghan Interim Government.”