Islamabad, Beijing Seek UN Sanctions on BLA, Brigade

News Desk

New York: Pakistan has warned the UN Security Council that terrorism emanating from Afghanistan poses the gravest threat to regional stability, urging global powers to take collective action to dismantle safe havens and support Afghanistan’s humanitarian recovery.

At a Council briefing on Afghanistan, Pakistan’s Permanent Representative Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad stressed that cross-border militancy remains the single largest obstacle to peace in South Asia.

He said more than 60 terrorist camps in Afghanistan continue to provide sanctuary to groups including Daesh-K, Al-Qaeda, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), and Balochistan-based outfits.

“The collaboration among these groups from joint training to weapons smuggling and coordinated assaults is a shared regional threat, not Pakistan’s alone,” he told the Council, warning that unchecked militancy risks undermining regional development and global counter-terrorism goals.

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Pakistan also flagged the digital dimension of extremist networks, revealing that dozens of propaganda accounts traced to Afghan servers are fueling cross-border radicalisation.

Ambassador Iftikhar noted that Pakistan and China have formally requested the UN Sanctions Committee to list the BLA and Majeed Brigade, underlining the urgency of international cooperation.

He highlighted that Pakistan has borne heavy costs with soldiers martyred monthly while preventing infiltration and seizing sophisticated weapons abandoned after the foreign withdrawal.

Beyond security, the envoy pressed for attention to Afghanistan’s worsening humanitarian crisis, saying underfunding of UN appeals and the prolonged refugee burden on Pakistan demand a fairer global response.

“Peace in Afghanistan is not only about neutralising threats; it is about sustained engagement, inclusive support, and ensuring the country does not descend again into isolation,” he said.