Foreign terrorist groups, including Pakistan-based and India-focused, despite repeated denials by the Taliban let And je meter continue to maintain a significant presence in AfghanistanAccording to a report by the Monitoring Team (MT) of Taliban The United Nations Sanctions Committee formally known as the Security Council Committee was established pursuant to Resolution 1988 (2011).
According to the report, which MT submitted to UNSC member-states, Taliban is directly controlling 3 out of 8 terror camps, with JeM still operating in Nangarhar, Afghanistan. The report states that Lashkar-e-Taiba maintains three such camps in Kunar and Nangarhar.
This is the MT’s 13th report and the first since the Taliban took control of Kabul on August 15 last year. The conclusions drawn are based on consultations with member-states. The Taliban Sanctions Committee is currently chaired by the Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations TS Tirumurti.
The head of the Taliban’s political office in Doha, Suhail Shaheen, told TOI last week that the government in Kabul is not allowing anyone to use Afghan soil against “any neighboring and regional country”.
India, however, remains concerned about the activities of Pakistan The group based in Afghanistan and their relationship with the Taliban.
The latest MT report has “reproduced” the activities of Lashkar and Jaish-e-Mohammed in Afghanistan and also named the UN-banned leaders of these organisations. In its earlier reports, the MT had highlighted how Lashkar had provided financial support and also trained Taliban fighters. The latest report also states that a Taliban delegation visited a Lashkar training camp in Nangarhar’s Haska Mina district as recently as January 2022, and that Lashkar leader Mawlawi Asadullah met Taliban Deputy Interior Minister Noor Jalil in October 2021. Had a meeting.
NSA Ajit Doval had raised the issue of cross-border terrorism at the Dushanbe security talks on Afghanistan and called upon all to enhance Afghanistan’s capability to fight terror groups that threaten regional security. In a joint statement issued after the meeting, India, Russia, China, Iran and Central Asian countries called for the elimination of terror camps in Afghanistan and the region.
The MT report acknowledges that the team was unable to tour Afghanistan during the period under review and was not informed by any Afghan official. A member-state is also quoted as saying that there is no evidence of Lashkar and JeM activities in Afghanistan due to “effective security operations” against them.
The report also noted that member-states had expressed concern that arms and ammunition supplied by the US to the former Afghan government could come out of Afghanistan and into the hands of non-state actors, although there was no evidence of this. Not there. far. “Small arms are believed to have moved in and out of Afghanistan and may find their way to foreign terrorist groups,” it says. Doval had expressed similar concerns in a recent meeting with his Iranian counterpart Ali Shamkhani.
The report further noted that the Taliban victory in Afghanistan has inspired militants around the world, although the transfer of foreign terrorist fighters to Afghanistan has not occurred in significant numbers.
“The Taliban continues to publicly insist that there are no foreign terrorist fighters in Afghanistan, even though member-states are clear that many fought alongside the Taliban in 2021. Central Asian embassies in Afghanistan expressed concern. Reported the presence of several foreign leaders. Apparently terrorist groups are roaming freely in Kabul since August.”
According to the report, which MT submitted to UNSC member-states, Taliban is directly controlling 3 out of 8 terror camps, with JeM still operating in Nangarhar, Afghanistan. The report states that Lashkar-e-Taiba maintains three such camps in Kunar and Nangarhar.
This is the MT’s 13th report and the first since the Taliban took control of Kabul on August 15 last year. The conclusions drawn are based on consultations with member-states. The Taliban Sanctions Committee is currently chaired by the Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations TS Tirumurti.
The head of the Taliban’s political office in Doha, Suhail Shaheen, told TOI last week that the government in Kabul is not allowing anyone to use Afghan soil against “any neighboring and regional country”.
India, however, remains concerned about the activities of Pakistan The group based in Afghanistan and their relationship with the Taliban.
The latest MT report has “reproduced” the activities of Lashkar and Jaish-e-Mohammed in Afghanistan and also named the UN-banned leaders of these organisations. In its earlier reports, the MT had highlighted how Lashkar had provided financial support and also trained Taliban fighters. The latest report also states that a Taliban delegation visited a Lashkar training camp in Nangarhar’s Haska Mina district as recently as January 2022, and that Lashkar leader Mawlawi Asadullah met Taliban Deputy Interior Minister Noor Jalil in October 2021. Had a meeting.
NSA Ajit Doval had raised the issue of cross-border terrorism at the Dushanbe security talks on Afghanistan and called upon all to enhance Afghanistan’s capability to fight terror groups that threaten regional security. In a joint statement issued after the meeting, India, Russia, China, Iran and Central Asian countries called for the elimination of terror camps in Afghanistan and the region.
The MT report acknowledges that the team was unable to tour Afghanistan during the period under review and was not informed by any Afghan official. A member-state is also quoted as saying that there is no evidence of Lashkar and JeM activities in Afghanistan due to “effective security operations” against them.
The report also noted that member-states had expressed concern that arms and ammunition supplied by the US to the former Afghan government could come out of Afghanistan and into the hands of non-state actors, although there was no evidence of this. Not there. far. “Small arms are believed to have moved in and out of Afghanistan and may find their way to foreign terrorist groups,” it says. Doval had expressed similar concerns in a recent meeting with his Iranian counterpart Ali Shamkhani.
The report further noted that the Taliban victory in Afghanistan has inspired militants around the world, although the transfer of foreign terrorist fighters to Afghanistan has not occurred in significant numbers.
“The Taliban continues to publicly insist that there are no foreign terrorist fighters in Afghanistan, even though member-states are clear that many fought alongside the Taliban in 2021. Central Asian embassies in Afghanistan expressed concern. Reported the presence of several foreign leaders. Apparently terrorist groups are roaming freely in Kabul since August.”